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BASEketball (1998)

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Average Rating: 5/10
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Movie Info

David Zucker directed this slapstick sports comedy starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Competing two-on-two against some basketball jocks, goofballs Joe Cooper (Parker) and Doug Remer (Stone) attempt to win by devising new rules while they play. Thus is born the bizarre game of "BASEketball." Rules: Court position decides whether a sunk basket counts as a single, a home run, or whatever; the opposing team can retrieve missed shots. Verbal abuse is allowed. Ditto for

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Comedy

Directed By: David Zucker

Written By: David Zucker, Robert LoCash, Lewis Friedman, Jeff Wright

In Theaters: Jul 31, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Dec 29, 1998

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Trey Parker
Joe Cooper
Matt Stone
Doug Remer
Yasmine Bleeth
Jenna Reed
Jenny McCarthy
Yvette Denslow
Robert Vaughn
Baxter Cain
Ernest Borgnine
Ted Denslow
Dian Bachar
Squeak Scolari
Trevor Einhorn
Joey
Marc Goodson
Dirk Jansen
Al Michaels
himself
Victoria Silvstedt

Critic Reviews for BASEketball

All Critics (51) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (29) | DVD (7)

I was bored well before the end, but found the first half hour pretty funny.

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Jenny McCarthy and Ernest Borgnine -- together at last.

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Newsweek

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Jeff Giles

Newsweek

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Their incessant, obscene banter is meant to be endearing; their total lack of presence makes it simply annoying.

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Bilge Ebiri

Entertainment Weekly

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What kind of movie is it where Yasmine Bleeth is the best thing about it?

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

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The vulgar, obvious humor of Zucker brother David and South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone elicits easy, guilty laughs, yet the material has an underlying innocence that's just shy of good clean fun.

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Leonard Klady

Variety

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The kind of flick that serves itself up as the object of its own satire.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

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You can't help feeling that the whole project must have begun as an off-the-cuff joke which some studio executive took seriously and greenlighted.

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Is it dumb? You bet. Is it funny? Sporadically.

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

An inane, painfully unfunny comedy.

October 8, 2005 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

With writing like this, can an Academy Award be far behind?

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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Robin Clifford

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Well it was watchable.

December 22, 2009

Wahida K

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Douglas "Swish" Reemer: Listen to me little bitch! You either go out there and make that shot or I'm gonna shove your head so far up your fuckin' ass, you'll have to wear yourself as a hat!�"Two guys invented a game... and turned the sports world upside down!"BASEketball is stupid humor at it's stupidest. The first 45

August 6, 2011

Melvin White

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BASEketball Quotes

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1. Doug Remer: Coop, do you know what you're doing?
2. Joe Cooper: What's it look like?
3. Doug Remer: An execution?
4. Joe Cooper: [in Scottish accent] Damn it man, I'm trying to save an innocent life!
5. Doug Remer: [also in Scottish accent] I'm giving her all I've got, captain!
6. Joe Cooper: [in Scottish accent] I love ya. Always have.
– Submitted by Sean N (20 days ago)
1. Joe Cooper: Steve Perry, Steve Perry. 'And I should've been gone long ago...' Alright you missed it!
2. Doug Remer: Dude! You said no more Journey Psyche Out's!
– Submitted by Jason N (10 months ago)