5.2 /10 1 Votes
57% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by John Forte Music by Richard Hartley Initial release 2000 Music director Richard Hartley Screenplay John Forte | 6/10 IMDb 41% Metacritic Written by John Forte Cinematography Ashley Rowe Director John Forte Box office 65,283 USD (Domestic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by David P. Kelly
Gabriel Byrne (Executive) Starring William Ash
Keri Russell
Maclean Stewart Cast Keri Russell, William Ash, Brian Cox, Maclean Stewart, Tim Loane Similar Football movies, Dance movies, Romantic comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mad About Mambo is a 2000 British/Irish co-production, filmed in Dublin but set in Belfast, written and directed by John Forte. It stars William Ash, Keri Russell and Brian Cox.
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Mad about mambo
Plot summary
A boy obsessed with football finds his life changing dramatically once he adds a little Samba. Danny (Ash) plays on the football team at the all-boys Catholic school he attends in Belfast. Danny's three best friends, who also play on the team, all have different ambitions for their lives. Mickey (Maclean Stewart) wants to be a fashion designer so he can get rich and date supermodels. Gary (Russell Smith) wants to become a magician so he can get rich and meet beautiful women (and presumably saw them in half). And Spike (Joe Rea) likes to beat people up, so he wants to become a mercenary and do it for a living. But Danny dreams of making football his life.
The players Danny most admires are South Americans, such as Pele and Carlos Riga, who he feels have a special rhythm and flexibility. Wanting to add some of these qualities to his own game, Danny has an idea: he'll take Samba lessons, in the hope that dancing like a South American will help him play like a South American. To the surprise of himself and his friends, Danny turns out to be a pretty good Latin dancer and finds himself smitten with a student in his dance class, Lucy (Russell). However, Lucy happens to have a boyfriend, who is a fierce competitor on one of Danny's rival teams.
