be regarded as the first major German sports comedy. While this genre is far more established in the United States with movies such as Hardball (2001) or The Mighty Ducks (1992) in which an underdog team is posed to somehow find the spirit to win an important game against a far superior opponent, these kinds of movies are relatively rare in German cinema. It may therefore not be surprising that this particular movie was made by an American-born director. Awards Audience Award of the Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2006 in the category Best Feature Film (3rd place) Audience Award of the Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2005 in Philadelphia in the category Best Feature Audience Award of the Milano Festival Internazionale di Cinema Gaylesbico 2006 in the category Best Film Audience Award of Outfest 2005 in Los Angeles in the category Outstanding Narrative Feature Jury Award of the Lesbian & Gay Festival Brussels 2005 in the category Best Foreign Language Film Le Prix du public of the Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2005 in Long Island in the category Meilleur Long Gay Critical reception Joshua Katzman of the Chicago Reader called the film "engaging" and "well-paced" with "a vibrantly funny script". Dennis Harvey of Variety states that the film is "by-the-numbers ensemble dramedy that hits every underdog and gay-fish-out-of-water cliche on the nose". Jeanette Catsoulis of The New York Times said the "script groans with double-entendres" and it contains "lots of cheerful nudity, loving threesomes and more synonyms for "gay"". References External links 2004 films 2000s German-language films Films directed by Sherry Hormann Films scored by Martin Todsharow 2004 romantic comedy films German association football films LGBT-related sports comedy films LGBT-related coming-of-age films 2000s sports comedy films Football mass media in Germany German LGBT-related films Films shot in Cologne LGBT-related romantic comedy films 2004 LGBT-related films 2000s German films