| Good Reviews | Average Reviews | Bad Reviews |
| 3.5 |
"works as an entertainer even with ingredients like sports, international integration, racism etc. involved"
- IndiaGlitz |
| 3.0 |
"has an ordinary first hour, but the post-interval portions, especially the exhilarating climax, makes up for everything"
- IndiaFM |
| 3.0 |
"may survive the misses at the box office because of its thrilling second half"
- RadioSargam |
| 3.0 |
"It's a 1-1 draw, with a few close attempts and buildups. But no winning goal"
- MTV India |
| 3.0 |
"remains an average film and should be seen as such, despite the hype around surrounding it"
- Movie Talkies |
| 3.0 |
"holds audiences till its last reels and despite its long duration (18 reels), it entertains and enthralls to the hilt"
- Mag 4 You |
| 3.0 |
"if you have patience and affection for football, you might enjoy it"
- NDTV |
| 3.0 |
"like a staggered hangover of Chak De India"
- EBolly |
| 3.0 |
"scores. But it isn’t Chak De"
- The Indian Express |
| 2.5 |
"an above average sports flick"
- Bollywood Mantra |
| 2.5 |
"does have a few engrossing and emotional moments, mostly in the second half"
- ApunKaChoice |
| 2.5 |
"average movie with good performances"
- IndiCine |
| 2.5 |
"if you aren’t too keen on watching Madhuri Dixit’s comeback next week then Goal is a safe bet"
- IndiaTimes |
| 2.5 |
"neat blend of bite and bark in a game where the ball says it all"
- AllBollywood.com |
| 2.5 |
"The script simply doesn’t rise above the clichés and lets down the actors who just can’t bend your emotions"
- Times Of India |
| 2.5 |
"starts off well by getting to the point straight in 10 minutes but thereafter falters by his uneven pacing which continues till the mid-point"
- Indya.com |
| 2.0 |
"isn't a bad movie. Watch with low expectations and you might enjoy it"
- Now Running |
| 2.0 |
"troop in for CHAK DE INDIA, if you have not seen the film yet"
- Glamsham |
| 2.0 |
"the helter-skelter direction, the shallow characterisations, the ear-piercing background music score and the slack editing, make you wish you had stayed at home"
- Hindustan Times |
| 2.0 |
"a football saga that aims high but lands low"
- Baradwaj Rangan |
| 2.0 |
"An average fare"
- Magna Mags |
| 2.0 |
"neither does the film move so nor do the goals happen"
- DNA India |
| 2.0 |
"a narrow-minded portrayal of multicultural Britain relegates this flick to the lower leagues"
- BBC Films |
| 2.0 |
"full of lazy screenwriting"
- The Hindu |
| 1.5 |
"a classic example of how not to make a sports film"
- Times Now |
| 1.5 |
"Certainly no Dhan dhana dhan. A whimper"
- Andhra Cafe |
| 1.5 |
"may have slick trailers and a story which, even though brow-beaten is attractive, it still does not make for a worthwhile viewing experience"
- Business Of Cinema |
| 1.5 |
"The actors all seem to realize at various stages that it’s a dumb movie, but have no option but to give it what they got"
- Full Hyderabad |
| 1.5 |
"has not been able to score a Goal"
- Deccan Herald |
| 1.0 |
"Racism exists everywhere but Agnihotri goes to extremes in hammering the point home when there is no need, diluting viewers' interest"
- BBC |
| 1.0 |
"The inept script tackles the issue of racism without any depth or maturity"
- Outlook India |
| 1.0 |
"miserably fails to transport the viewer to Southall"
- MeriNews |
| 1.0 |
"You watch some real sport at home instead of this fake, melodramatic mish-mash"
- Buzz 18 |
| 1.0 |
"Just chuck this Goal. It's infuriatingly ironic for a soccer film to be this lame"
- Rediff |
| 1.0 |
"Switch channels if it’s on cable"
- Without Giving The Movie Away |
| 1.0 |
"painfully pointless"
- IBN Live |
