FC Venus (2005)

Director:

Joona Tena

Writers:

Jan Berger (dramaturge)
Outi Keskevaari (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 joulukuu 2005 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

Plot:

FC Venus is a romantic comedy about men, women and soccer. |

Plot Keywords:

Soccer | Male Female Relationship | Football | Local Blockbuster

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Minna Haapkylä	...	Anna
Petteri Summanen	...	Pete
Laura Malmivaara	...	Carita
Taneli Mäkelä	...	Lauri Rautakoski
Lotta Lehtikari	...	Marjaana 'Mara'
Miia Nuutila	...	Katariina
Noora Peltokukka	...	Sari
Hannu-Pekka Björkman	...	Simo
Jukka Rasila	...	Ville
Puntti Valtonen	...	Risto
Janne Virtanen	...	Sebastian
Jerry Wahlforss	...	Markus
Diana Anttila	...	Jonna
Elina Hagelin	...	Kirsi
Eija Mikkonen-Budsko	...	Leena

Also Known As:

FC Venus. Miesten peli. Naisten säännöt. (Finland) (promotional title)

Runtime:

Finland:107 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Espoo, Finland

Company:

Talent House

Trivia:

German remake is being shot almost simultaneously.

Movie Connections:

References Wimbledon (2004)

Soundtrack:

Konsertto pianolle ja orkesterille nr.20

Some soccer and a lot sawdust

With FC Venus it is a rare pleasure/torture to see a film which is partially well done and partially awful. The pleasure is that all the scenes that are about the soccer game are carefully worked with a good amount of dramatics and game technicalities. The torture is that everything else in the movie is just painful watching.

A good load of fine actors don't really improve a film if directing is terrible; the dialogue is lost in a messy scene of too many people waiting one to recite some limping lines that are supposed to be funny. It is difficult to concentrate on the dialogue as the speaking voice is taped so poorly that it makes you feel that you are completely outsider in regards to the film events. No close shots to speakers and no idea what is generally going on. A lot of talk about sex is used to replace more usual humor. The cameo by Aki Riihilahti and Mikael Forssell looks only embarrassing in this context.

It seems that the movie makers have been too much concentrated to train the bunch of actors to love and play soccer because they have forgotten to finish the drama part of the movie. If that was to hint how much more fun sports is than movies I think it shouldn't have been done this way. The match day is worth watching but it may render you only sad because everything that comes before it is rather unpleasant.