You’d have to work very hard to kill the story of Bert Trautmann. This was the same man who played the last 17 minutes of the 1956 FA Cup final with a broken neck. There are, mind you, times when one suspects Marcus H Rosenmüller really is trying to sabotage his own movie. He really did marry Jack’s daughter, elect to stay in England and secure a place at Manchester City. The Keeper ends in a state of relative concord that grinds awkwardly against the current Brexit discontent.

Source: The Irish Times April 05, 2019 03:56 UTC