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High spiritual ideals don't quite mesh with the spirit of competition in this sports comedy. In the 1920s, the leaders of the Church of Latter Day Saints began encouraging their congregations to form basketball teams and church leagues as a way to promote fitness, wholesome fun, and teamwork among Mormon youth. However, the downside of this plan was the rise of wildly competitive teams who were a lot more interested in winning at all costs than good sportsmanship. In the 1970s, Bishop Linderman
Mar 17, 2006 Wide
Sep 26, 2006
$0.3M
Halestorm Entertainment
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Jokes fall flat, characterizations are sketchy at best, setups never receive their payoff, unnecessary subplots slow the already glacial pace.
Hale's directorial style relies way too much on the kind of cheesy music video montages that have long since been parodied to death, and the religious rock songs used are truly awful.
... a carefree, underdog sports comedy.
Its rowdiness, bathroom humor, cast of familiar but second-rate actors and overall disrespect for organized religion make it seem like any other bad Hollywood farce.
Air ball . . . Air ball . . .
Recreational basketball leagues offer plenty to laugh at and screenwriter Paul Eagleston mined that material, but not as deeply as he needed to.
Will non-Mormons start noticing HaleStorm's productions? I wouldn't bet the tithing money on it yet, but they're heading in the right direction.
It commands more attention than previous efforts because of a wonderfully eclectic cast.
Despite the presence of funnyman Fred Willard, stays mostly on the pre-teen comedy level, obscuring an underlying moral about unity and reaching out to the disregarded
Relies heavily on dumb slapstick, including a few tasteless, low-brow moments.
Like Kurt Hale's previous Mormon comedies..., Church Ball envelops the viewer in the embrace of the familiar.
Actually not bad as far a religous comedies are concerned. I gave this 3 stars because even though I enjoyed it I had lowered expectations.
December 10, 2007I saw this movie too. it was really bad. if you want to see a good lds movie, watch the R.M. or the Home Teachers, or best of all Sons of Provo
July 10, 2007
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