With Messi's massive popularity over the world, it comes as no surprise that a movie has been made about him, specifically a documentary film that details his life from his youth at Newell's all the way to 2014.
It was directed by Álex de la Iglesia and written by Jorge Valdano, ex-Argentinian footballer. The production company was Mediapro and it was distributed by Warner Bros. The runtime of the film was 1 hour and 33 minutes. The film got originally released on August 27th, 2014, at the Venice Film Festival.
In terms of reviews, it currently has 7.3/10 stars on IMDb. The movie even managed to get nominated for the Venice Days Award. To understand how big that is, we have to remember that the Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world, and is part of the "Big Three" alongside the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. And in the box office, according to Box Office Mojo, it received $33,607
The cast included people like Johan Cruyff, Maradona, Iniesta, Mascherano, Menotti, Sabella, Piqué, Jorge Valdano and Pere Gratacó (Messi's coach in Barcelona B). The music was done by Joan Valent, known for his previous work in "La Caja" and specially "Las brujas de Zugarramurdi", the cinematography was done by the prestigious Kiko de la Rica, nominated for numerous awards beforehand, and the production design was done by important people as Antxón Gómez and Marcelo Vergés.
In the end, although it didn't reach levels of popularity that match some of the best in football cinema, it did deliver on showing Messi's life story, getting opinions from his team-mates and ex-coaches as well, which gives us a good insight on who he was and who he is (though it's from 2014).
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