Pelé: Birth of a Legend

A boy with nothing who changed everything.

A biopic about Brazilian soccer legend Pelé. He became name known around the world as a sports legend who changed soccer forever, and a national hero who carried the hopes and dreams of a country on his back. Before he was an icon, he was a kid from the slums of São Paulo, Brazil, so poor that he couldn’t afford a real soccer ball. Note: some facts have been altered for the film version.

107 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Biographical, Drama, Sports, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Keven de Paula, Leonardo Lima Carvalho, Seu Jorge, Mariana Nunes, Milton Gonçalves, Seth Michaels, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director	Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Screenplay	Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Music	A.R. Rahman
Cinematography	Matthew Libatique
Editing	Luis Carballar, Naomi Geraghty, Glen Scantlebury
Sound formats
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	Imagine Entertainment, Seine Pictures, Zohar International

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Sports biopic
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for thematic elements, some smoking and language
Runtime	107
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 10 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Alan Zilberman It's an own goal for Pelé biopic.	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Brasilië se sokkerheld Pelé inspireer.	15
Cape Times Frank Scheck Thrilling highs of Pelé's career.	10
Metacritic.com 11 critics	8
Rottentomatoes critics 21 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer	4
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Biopic may be fun for soccer fans, but it&rquot;s too formulaic.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 11 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 1027 users	15
Internet 3706 Netizens This is more than just a mere football movie	15
Average .. 54%	11