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Church Ball (2006)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:2

Rotten:9

Average Rating:4.3/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Mar 17, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $267,846

Synopsis: Church Ball is the story of Dennis Buckstead (ANDREW WILSON) and his team of uncoordinated misfits from the Mud Lake Ward. It's the last year church basketball will be officially sponsored by the... Church Ball is the story of Dennis Buckstead (ANDREW WILSON) and his team of uncoordinated misfits from the Mud Lake Ward. It's the last year church basketball will be officially sponsored by the church and whoever claims this year's trophy...keeps it for life. Everything is at stake-pride, glory, honor-and Dennis is charged by the ward bishop (FRED WILLARD) to take his team of ultimate misfits to the final regional tourney and claim the coveted title of regional champions. Only one team stands in their way...the Crystal Hills Ward, with the always-victorious lawyers, the Bracken brothers. With the notorious Brackens standing in the way...the last game of church ball is set to be the most important and potentially biggest brawl in history - winner takes all. Church Ball - it's not how you play the game...it's whether you win or lose. --© Halestorm Entertainment [More]

Starring: Travis Eberhard, Larry Bagby, Gary Coleman, Kala Alexander

Starring: Travis Eberhard, Larry Bagby, Gary Coleman, Kala Alexander, Hilary Hughes, Chad Long, Clint Howard, Dillan Conrad, Sina Amedson, Amy Stewart, Fred Willard, Andrew Wilson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Director: Kurt Hale

Director: Kurt Hale
Studio: Halestorm Entertainment

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Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
04/13/06
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Jokes fall flat, characterizations are sketchy at best, setups never receive their payoff, unnecessary subplots slow the already glacial pace.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
04/13/06
Richard Nilsen
Richard Nilsen
Arizona Republic
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Relies heavily on dumb slapstick, including a few tasteless, low-brow moments.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
03/17/06
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
03/23/06
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

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.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
04/29/06
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Recreational basketball leagues offer plenty to laugh at and screenwriter Paul Eagleston mined that material, but not as deeply as he needed to.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
04/10/06
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

Like Kurt Hale's previous Mormon comedies..., Church Ball envelops the viewer in the embrace of the familiar.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
03/17/06
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

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.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
04/28/06
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

... a carefree, underdog sports comedy.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
04/28/06
Ted Fry
Ted Fry
Seattle Times

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

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
03/19/06
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

It commands more attention than previous efforts because of a wonderfully eclectic cast.

Full Review Source: Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) | comment Comment
03/22/06
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Audrey Rock-Richardson
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