Sixty Six

A nebbish lad's barmitzvah falls on the same day as the World Cup championship game in 1966. This unassuming English movie from 2006 provides solid wholesome entertainment and has a father-son arc that should guarantee it playtime with families who watch flicks together. There's a few familiar faces like Helena Bonham Carter as the mom who holds her brood together and Stephen Rea in a small underwritten role as a teacher. Eddie Marsan (was the main bad guy in Hancock) plays the patriarch who lives in the shadow of his more successful brother. The lad does everything he can to sabotage England going to the finals but as you can guess that was the year they actually scored. The ending lifts the viewer up where they belong. Sixty Six is a small film, but one with a big heart.