The ramshackle, hysterically pitched comedy "Eleven Men Out" observes the chaos that follows when Ottar (Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson), a handsome Icelandic soccer star, impulsively announces to a reporter that he is gay. The news makes the owner of his team apoplectic and Ottar's teammates nervous in his presence. His parents, his alcoholic ex-wife (a former Miss Iceland) and his adolescent son erupt with embarrassment and disbelief, thinking only of themselves. Once out of the closet, Ottar declines an offer to join a gay amateur soccer team.
When tempers cool, he is invited back by his old team, but agrees to return only if it will play a match with the gay team. The not-very-funny movie covers some very well-trod turf. — Stephen Holden, The New York Times
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