I started watching this with anticipation. This was a great opportunity for the world to see the incredible process of how a bunch of talented footballers became part of a fantastic football team, who achieved amazing sporting heights.
It began quite promisingly with good input from their youth team coach Eric Harrison and interviews with the players themselves. Unfortunately, this is the best part of the film/documentary, and it descends into a strange mixture of self-indulgence and laziness on the part of the producer.
Little input is provided by other footballers. Eric Cantona and Zinadine Zidane are the only players to contribute. I understand the producer want to set the scene for Manchester during the Nineties, but the repeated, and pointless, interviews with Tony Blair and Mani left me cringing at the screen, and this went on for way too long.
The history of Manchester United is very briefly looked at through the eyes of Gary Neville, who, not surprisingly, is the most articulate of the ex-players.
The whole film felt like one big interview with a few clips thrown in for substance. There was very little mention of how this team dominated English football during this period, very often making late wins, grinding out those important points, or surging to cup victories.
Little appreciation is shown to the other players in the team, who helped United to their amazing treble winning season. This may be why there is no interviews with these footballers, coaching staff or management who worked with the "class of 92" players.
Credit to Ryan Giggs, Gary and Phil Neville, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes and David Beckham for doing their best to make this remotely interesting. It was nice to hear them tell us what we already knew, that they are mates, who have been part of an amazing time at Manchester United's success.
For the avid Manchester United fan, I guess what happens at the club, stays at the club, because there is no juicy insider information to give the viewer.
Is it a biopic, that only looks at a small part of people's lives, or a documentary charting the success of 6 footballers? This film fails to deliver on both accounts!
