When the player from Lake Grove, New York, was 15, he became the second-youngest professional American soccer player ever, behind Freddy Adu. That's right: Monchengladbach's 19-year-old starting right-back, in one of the world's best leagues, is American. men's national team pool, the Monchengladbach defender whose proverbial cup runneth over isn't a household name stateside like it is in Germany, where he quickly bloomed. ET, ESPN+ (U.S.)įor anyone not versed on the intricacies of the U.S. Stream LIVE: Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Who knows, you may have even asked: Who's that? You might have even marveled at the improbability of the baby-faced right-back who helped keep Sadio Mane and Alphonso Davies off the scoreboard. Perhaps you saw Borussia Monchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer produce a Bundesliga record 19 saves in last week's 1-1 draw against six-time UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich.
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Jiminy notes that "many stories have been told about Pinocchio", but this one doesn’t do enough to update the core tale at the center or overcome narrative issues that sometimes jumble the story. It quickly becomes repetitive – the structure aping A Christmas Carol but not succeeding – and the overall effect is a film that sometimes seems too slow, and at other points too fast - especially the final act, which ends abruptly (and might be controversial among Disney purists). Every scenario sees Pinocchio finding himself in trouble, resolving the problem, and coming out with a clear moral takeaway. Unfortunately, though, the film is let down by some serious pacing issues. To truly become human, though, Pinocchio (voiced by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) has to prove that he’s "brave, truthful, and unselfish", and so he goes on a journey that sees him chase fame with a circus master, get swallowed by a whale and take a detour to a Disneyfied-version of Pleasure Island – without the tobacco hall, drug taking, and drinking of the 1940s version. The story starts with carpenter Geppetto (played by Tom Hanks, wonderfully gruff and haunted by grief) wishing his wooden puppet would be a real boy, only for the Blue Fairy (Cynthia Erivo in a very brief cameo) to answer his prayers and wake up the toy. As with Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Mulan, Pinocchio follows the original closely (earworms 'I’ve Got No Strings' and 'When You Wish Upon A Star' are present) while also updating certain elements for modern audiences (including a new song, 'The Coachman to Pleasure Island', that’s a highlight). Robert Zemeckis’ reimagining of the classic Disney cartoon arrives first – ahead of Guillermo del Toro’s darker stop-motion treatment for Netflix – becoming the latest in the Mouse House’s line-up of live-action musical remakes.