Gascoigne

Gazza, the Geordie football genius who lived on a proverbial diet of brown ale and Mars bars, is just as you would expect: engaging, mischievous, funny but also haunted and sometimes just a little bit prey to self-pity.

It's heartening to see those old crowdpleasing instincts return when discussing, say, that Vinnie Jones photo. For the first time in years, Gazza is allowed to express himself as only he could.

An entertaining 90 minutes for the football-inclined, but it doesn't transcend its subject matter la Senna.

The movie is very much a celebration of a rare English footballing genius.