Johan Cruijff - En un momento dado Reviews

Ever since I was a kid watching Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard with my father, I always had a weak spot for the Dutch national football (soccer) team so I was quite eager to check this documentary. Indeed, it deals with Johan Cruijff, easily the best Dutch football player and probably one of the top 3 best football players that ever lived.  This movie focused on the time he spent at FC Barcelona first as a player (later on, he was also a very successful trainer there as well). The guy had therefore a huge impact on this club and many years later, the football fans from Catalonia had still very grateful for what he did. Indeed, the population was going through a tough time because of the Franco dictatorship and he was apparently a source of hope and inspiration. To be honest, even though the subject was really interesting, the directing was not really inspired. I mean, it was efficient but nothing really fancy. Still, it was quite impressive to see that Johan Cruijff who is already a massive icon in my fatherland, also managed to reach this status in Barcelona and the rest of the region. To conclude, it is a pretty good documentary and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in this subject.