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Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    67

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety

    While soccer fans will rep the core aud, even non-fans can enjoy.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times

    This is a movie so unabashedly in love with its subject that even audiences who don't know Giorgio Chinaglia from Georgie Best will leave the theater grinning.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

    An exuberant look at a heady moment in America's soccer past that is well worth remembering.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

    This tale of the team that for a brief period in the 1970s promised to popularize soccer in the U.S. has it all: heroes, villains, sex and, oh yes, some sports as well.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune

    You don't need to be a soccer fan to, like Cosmos fans, fall for this captivating tale, told in "Rashomon"-like style.

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  • 91

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    It's a stylish scramble of evocative footage, groovy music, and crazy-candid reminiscences from key players still proud to score.

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