Underdogs (2013 animated film)
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| Directed by | Juan José Campanella |
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Memoirs of a Right Winger by Roberto Fontanarrosa |
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| Music by | Emilio Kauderer |
| Cinematography | Félix Monti |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures International |
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106 minutes(Arg./Spa.) 97 minutes(UK) |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | $21 million |
| Box office | $25.1 million |
Underdogs (known as Metegol in Argentina and The Unbeatables in the United Kingdom) is a 2013 Argentine 3D computer-animated fantasy sports comedy adventure film co-written and directed by Juan J. Campanella. The film is inspired by the short story Memorias de un wing derecho (Memoirs of a Right Wing) by the Argentine writer Roberto Fontanarrosa. Gaston Gorali, co-writer and producer of the film, and Eduardo Sacheri, who worked on the script of Campanella's The Secret in Their Eyes, developed the screenplay with Campanella.
The film is an Argentine production, and was released in Argentina on 18 July 2013, setting an all-time record for an Argentine film opening at the box-office. Costing $21 million, the film is the most expensive Argentine film of all time, and the most expensive Latin American animated feature ever. In 2014, The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to distribute the film in North America. After numerous delays, including an August 2015 theatrical release that was scrapped last minute, the North American English-language version was released on DVD in July 2016. The film was available on Netflix in the United States in June 2016.
The film received indecisive and mixed reviews; it had a 64% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews, but scored 38 out of 100 based on 5 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
The film begins with the narrator telling his son, Matty, a story before going to sleep, one where he will have to use his imagination.
Many years ago, Jake, a timid boy and the best foosball player around, was working in a bar in a small and quiet town. He loved Laura, a girl he met in the bar, but she did not know.
While showing Laura the foosball table, a kid named Ace arrives and challenges Jake to a game in front of Laura. Although initially the kid beats him, Jake is victorious, and everyone at the bar applauds. Outside of the bar, Ace encounters a manager who offers to take him on.
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