Just two people turned up at an LA screening of United Passions, the new $27 million movie about FIFA. One audience member was a football fan and the other said he attended out of `curiosity'.

The 2014 film, which was directed by French filmmaker Frederic Auburtinby, stars Tim Roth as FIFA president Sepp Blatter and charts the organisation's 111-year history. It also stars Gerard Depardieu and Sam Neill.

FIFA officials have confirmed that they invested about €20 million into the project.

The film was released to on-demand services last Friday and also received a limited theatre release, just three days after Blatter's resignation amid the on-going scandal which is rocking FIFA.

Reuters reports that audience member, Mexican football fan Francisco Carrillo said: "I like the World Cup, and the rules of soccer."

Mr Carrillo added that was followed the FIFA scandal but had attended the movie for "entertainment."

Sports reporter Alex said he went to see United Passions because he was curious to see what kind of audience would be interested in the film.

"Even before the scandals and indictments unfolded, I wondered, who is the audience for this story?" he said. "Even dedicated fans aren't going to care about FIFA in the boardroom."

Film critics have panned the new film. The New York Times reviewer Daniel M. Gold said it was "one of the most unwatchable films in recent memory, a dishonest bit of corporate-suite sanitizing that's no good even for laughs."