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Balls of Fury (2007)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 128
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 99

Tasteless, yet harmless, Balls of Fury nevertheless fails to generate enough laughs despite its lowbrow intentions.

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 16

Tasteless, yet harmless, Balls of Fury nevertheless fails to generate enough laughs despite its lowbrow intentions.

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Average Rating: 2.8/5
User Ratings: 309,170

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Movie Info

A disgraced former ping pong champion is drawn back into the world of high-stakes table tennis to carry out a top-secret mission in the feature directorial debut of Reno 911! writer/director Ben Garant. Far removed from the rigidly regulated world of professional sports, clandestine ping pong tournaments offer thrilling competition where only the strong survive. There was a time when the mere mention of the name Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) was enough to make even those most hardened ping pong

Dec 18, 2007

$32.8M

Focus/Rogue Pictures

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All Critics (133) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (101) | DVD (18)

This movie is deadly.

September 4, 2007 Comment
Ebert & Roeper
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The real trouble is that it's supposed to be an outrageous comedy, but in fact it's fairly tame and not all that funny.

August 30, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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This is pretty thin soup, but the players are spirited and the jokes generally offbeat.

August 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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While Balls of Fury is slightly more sophisticated in its comic strategies, 'slightly' remains the operative word.

August 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Ultimately, it's a hollow enterprise, all ping and no pong. It doesn't bounce; it splats.

August 29, 2007 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
Salon.com
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The movie's big lug of a lead, Dan Fogler...could be dismissed as a poor man's Jack Black.

August 29, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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[Is it] good? Heavens, no. But it has its seedy charms.

June 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | Comment

Comedians like Will Ferrell, Jack Black and Ben Stiller can get away with lesser material because just looking at them can elicit laughs. Dan Fogler is not in that category.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | Comment (1)
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January 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Movies for the Masses

A horrendously written and acted movie which even Walken can't save.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: This is London | Comment
This is London

A daft, disappointing comedy.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Sun Online | Comment
Sun Online

This comedy raises the odd laugh, largely from an absurd appearance by Christopher Walken as a sinister martial-arts kingpin villain.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]

It's a hodge-podge of Enter The Dragon and Blades Of Glory, yet infinitely worse than either. In short, a film about bouncing balls with the bounce of an anvil.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | Comment
Daily Mirror [UK]

Cut a ping-pong ball in half, draw a large black dot in the centre of each then carefully insert around your eye-sockets- you'll raise more laughs than this film manages.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

Enter The Dragon meets Shaolin Soccer meets Dodgeball - just with infinitely smaller balls. A camp turn from Christopher Walken astounds but it'll be funnier if you wait for the DVD and lubricate it with a six-pack. Or three.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Total Film | Comment
Total Film

CGI-assisted ping pong and lame gags about dead pandas, simpering homos and 'Antiques Roadshow'.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Balls of Fury isn't quite as funny as it thinks it is, but there are some good gags and it's worth seeing for Christopher Walken's performance.

December 27, 2007 Full Review Source: ViewLondon | Comment
ViewLondon

Bad acting, writing and jokes... Apart from a few funny gags that save this from one-star ignominy.

December 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

It's good natured enough, but laughs are thin on the ground.

December 25, 2007 Full Review Source: BBC | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Balls of Fury

Balls of Fury may not be the best comedy, but it is lots of fun despite the fact that the plot is stupid. If you're in the mood for a mindless comedy, Balls of Fury may be that comedy to watch. The jokes are funny and despite the fact that it lacks a little something to really make it a great comedy film, Balls of Fury

November 14, 2011
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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Terrible movie, really stupid. The plot was dumb, The cast was terrible. But Christopher Walken was great, really great as a villain, I loved him. Overall a bad movie, but Christopher Walken was great.

August 17, 2011
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Brad Wright

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