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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonThe film is an excellent reminder of how important soccer is globally. It’s more than a sport.
- 100Film ThreatFilm ThreatNossa Chape has an urgency and poignancy that several narrative dramas only wish they could achieve.
- 91IndieWireSteve GreeneIndieWireSteve GreeneBy focusing on what binds those on the pitch and those in the bleachers, Nossa Chape doesn’t just wonder if some things are “bigger than the game” — it proves it.
- 80Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThe film probes that tricky-to-reconcile bridge between honoring the fallen and moving forward.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenNossa Chape is a testament to how moving forward does not require leaving the past behind.
- 80Film Journal InternationalAndré HerefordFilm Journal InternationalAndré HerefordSibling filmmakers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s riveting Nossa Chape (Our Team) reveals at first a team and a town that have been utterly destroyed by the unimaginable. Then, with the tension of a well-plotted sports drama, the documentary tracks the team’s rise from the ashes of grief back to something like normal.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s a credit to the makers of the soccer documentary Nossa Chape that they’d still have a decent film, even without the tragedy that underscores the one they made.
- 50The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe movie the directors have made doesn’t have the passion that its subjects do.