As a study of how the World Cup sausage is made, the film could go deeper and dirtier; as a crowdpleaser about the business of crowdpleasing, it’s more or less on point.

This straightforward crowd-pleaser doesn’t wish to see beyond Martín’s charm.

“México 86” may be a little too inside baseball — er, fútbol — for some, but its light breezy comedy goes down well.

Former Narcos and Midnight Family TV series director Gabriel Ripstein’s entertaining romp might not exactly be a searing emotional drama or an unabashed feel-good underdog story, but there’s enough going on here to keep you glued to the screen.