Pelé: Birth of a Legend's reviews
Media reviews
The Washington Post
'Pelé: Birth of a Legend' is too earnest and single-minded to be hagiographic, and the final moments are moving in spite of their predictable trajectories.
Roger Ebert
A well-meaning and sometimes interesting effort written and directed by brothers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist.
The Guardian
Considering this is the first biopic of one of the world?s most beloved athletes, it?s too bad such a predictable and ham-fisted kids? flick was the goal.
New York Times
The film?s director of photography, Matthew Libatique, makes 'Pelé' more than an eye-moistening anthem for a built-in global audience.
Los Angeles Times
The childhood years of Brazil?s national treasure have been given a lamentably pedestrian big-screen treatment by 'Pelé: Birth of a Legend'.
The Wrap
Who knows what 'Pelé: Birth of a Legend' could have been had it tapped more into that mysterious life force and the true messiness in harnessing it and making it glorious.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote