Best is best

Best (2000)

Based on the early life of football legend George Best this film is directed by Mary McGuckian and stars John Lynch. The plot focuses on Best's time at Manchester United as a player and his personal struggles.

There are host of problems with this film, the main one being that the time line of events are muddled and it is often unclear what happened when, seemingly contradicting real life events. Aside from the structural problems the film really fails to get to grips with the main issues, where Best's personal demons come from and why the football community was unable to help with these. Obviously this film was made on a small budget but that does not excuse the fact that nearly all the problems with the film emanate from the script.

2/5