KickOff
Run Time: 99 min Release Date: Jan 17, 2012 Year Produced: 2010 Rating: Not Rated Language: English/Closed Captions Directed by: Rikki Beadle-Blair Starring: Micheal Lindall, Jack Shalloo, Jai Rajani, Ludvig Bonin, Craig Storrod, Duncan MacImmes, Rebecca Joerin, Alexis Gregory, Kyle Treslove, Sasha Frost, Samantha Lyden, Ryan Quartley, Stephen Hoo, Jay Brown, Nathan Clough, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Ian Sharp, Jason Maza
This film appeals to: Gay audiences
Booking Formats: DigiBeta, DVD
A funny, sexy, high-energy and extremely gay British comedy from the fabulous Rikki Beadle-Blair (Metrosexuality, Stonewall)!
What happens when the hardest team in the Sunday Soccer league comes up against a gay team and finds they’ve finally met their match? Watch and wince as fledging referee Elton Glixton struggles to control this testosterone tsunami as rude-boy meets bum-boy in this outrageous new comedy set in the crazy gung-ho world of 5-a-side football.
Trailblazing British director Rikki Beadle Blair’s (Metrosexuality, Stonewall) latest celebration of youth and being out and proud stars a whole slew of exciting young British talent, with some familiar faces in Stephen Hoo (FIT), Jay Brown (Summer) and Jason Maza (TV”s Casualty).
Awards & Press Quotes
- “A vibrant medley of comedy, drama and football!” – Gay Celluloid.com
- “The energy, wit and affection for his characters that Rikki Beadle-Blair brings to the film is highly infectious.”–That Gay Movie.com
- “Deft character development!” – SoSoGay.com
- “The sexy piece of cinema contained in one afternoon soccer match manages to deliver hilariously funny observations on masculinity, drug use, racism, and gay identity.” – Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- “A fantastically feel-good dramedy that, to use footballing parlance, really hits the back of the net.” [5 star review]—GaydarRadio.com
- 2011 LGBT Films To Watch Out for (Top 10 List) — Edge On The Net
