“The Beautiful Game” (** out of four) was an earnest but empty melodrama about various advocates (Bill Nighy, Valeria Golino, and others) who sought to end homelessness by organizing a soccer tournament of homeless men (Micheal Ward, Beckett Hanley, and others) to compete in a renowned match The Homeless World Cup which attracted much more recognition and attention than ever imagined. Inspirational but uninspired, as story never has the depth or dramatic intensity that subject matters requires and goes on far too long at over two hours. Good performances can’t camouflage undernourished material.