Saipan (2025)
Genre: Biography / Sport
Duration: 90 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom / Ireland
Directed by: Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn
Stars: Steve Coogan, Eanna Hardwicke and Jamie Beamish
IMDb score:
6,6 (2.786)
Releasedate: 8 November 2025
Saipan plot
"Anger. Management."
2002, the small volcanic island of Saipan in the Pacific Ocean. Chosen as the base for the Irish national football team for the World Cup in Japan, the island is the scene of a huge row between captain Roy Keane and national coach Mick McCarthy. This was picked up in the media and led to Keane's departure from the national team.
Actors and actresses
Roy Keane
Mick McCarthy
Jason McAteer
Niall Quinn
Karen
Theresa Keane
Dickie Moloney
Liam
Eddy Power
Alan Kelly
Reviews & comments
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In 2002, Ireland narrowly managed to qualify for the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. After recovering from an injury, the erratic captain and star player Roy Keane [Éanna Hardwicke] joins the Irish squad in Saipan. The facilities fall far short of expectations, but coach Mick McCarthy [Steve Coogan] tries to make the best of it. Keane cannot reconcile himself with McCarthy's training methods and management, which leads to increasing tension, partly due to media attention. Coogan is perfect as McCarthy, but Hardwicke lacks intensity. Entertaining, but not very exciting. The key diplomatic role of the wives is, however, interesting.
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