{"id":21348,"date":"2025-12-19T17:47:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21348"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:47:37","slug":"review-pass-and-goal-movie-review-gigi-leung-leads-wholesome-football-themed-family-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21348","title":{"rendered":"Review | Pass and Goal movie review: Gigi Leung leads wholesome, football-themed family comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/19\/91522dd3-1ef3-4c35-a1dc-59164ef8144e_e17b95af.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">3.5\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The prospect of <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Pass and Goal<\/em> is not immediately appealing. A football-themed comedy with an old-fashioned premise about staying true to oneself, it features a modest cast that includes several inexperienced child actors and is directed by the filmmaker behind abysmal comedies like <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Lucky Fat Man<\/em><\/span> (2017) and <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Love Detective<\/em> (2015).<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Yet, to echo a key message from Jil Wong Pak-kei\u2019s latest film, a match is seldom won or lost in the first half. And so it proves here, as this feel-good, family-friendly offering defies expectations with its infectious positivity and cheeky humour.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">With a contrived set-up that is barely elaborated on, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Pass and Goal<\/em> sees once-successful financial consultant Fong Hay-man (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Gigi Leung Wing-kei<\/span>) reluctantly swap her Deep Water Bay mansion for the cramped Sham Shui Po flat of a distant relative after losing her fortune in a crypto market crash.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Why does Fong have no one to turn to but the family of her young, football-loving cousin Ying (Chau Tsz-yuet), who does not even remember her? It soon becomes clear that the background of this houseguest is immaterial to Wong and screenwriter Ambrose Kwok Yat-choi (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Unleashed<\/em><\/span>) compared to the farcical situation that awaits her.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3337075\/pass-and-goal-movie-review-gigi-leung-leads-wholesome-football-themed-family-comedy?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3.5\/5 stars The prospect of Pass and Goal is not immediately appealing. 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