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10/13/08
Bull Durham (1988)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:40
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: Kevin Costner at his funniest and most charismatic in Bull Durham, a film that's as wise about relationships as it is about minor league baseball.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: North Carolina's Durham Bulls have just acquired a hot new pitcher, "Nuke" LaLoosh, who has a Major League arm but Little League aim. The management has sent for veteran Minor League catcher Crash... [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
Director: Ron Shelton
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Reviews for Bull Durham
Top CriticAlas, there's too much chatter in the piece, too much posturing by Shelton, too many lazy takes and too much unchecked bloat.
10/12/03
Costner is a natural as the dyed-in-the-wool ballplayer. His best lines are when he's philosophizing, like on being an All-American male who hates anything by Susan Sontag.
03/14/07
An unadulterated joy of a sports movie that can't be recommended highly enough.
08/04/08
Smutty, terrific fun.
03/14/07
Marvellous stuff.
06/24/06
One of the best baseball movies of all time, as well as one of the sexiest romances ever put on celluloid. Sarandon is smart and sizzling.
01/07/04
Bull Durham is the best movie ever made about baseball, and it's not even really that close.
12/08/02
A solid triple
03/02/02
A witty, sexy baseball comedy with a knowing world-weary outlook.
10/06/05
As much laughs as there's salt in ballpark popcorn!
03/31/05
Tim Robbins acts circles around Kevin Costner.
09/01/06
No review available.
05/14/04
...one of most entertaining and flat-out indelible baseball films within modern cinema...
07/28/08
Writer/director Ron Shelton lobs juicy lines to players Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, and they all hit home.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
06/16/05
One of the best baseball films ever made. Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon deliver compelling performances and offer depth to an alredy-terrific script.
05/02/03
High-caliber film about baseball, sexual politics, and letting go of impossible dreams.
07/10/03
Bull Durham, the new baseball movie starring Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon, eases up on you, lazy as a cloud, and carries you off in a mood of exquisite delight.
01/01/00
Top CriticBull Durham is a film with spring fever, a giddy, playful look at life in baseball's minor leagues.
05/20/03
Top CriticLatest News for Bull Durham
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