a by-the-book redemption-through-sports story with a few laughs, a few clichés, and those few annoying stereotypes that could have easily been omitted
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10/01/06
Guys and Balls (2006)
45 %
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Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 5
Rotten:6
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:2006
Synopsis: Ecki is a young gay man who works in a bakery in Dortmund and plays soccer on his local team. Already under pressure for playing badly, his homophobic team-members surprise him in a compromising... [More]
Starring: Maximillian Brückner, Lisa Marie Potthoff, Jochen Stern
Director: Sherry Horman
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It's surefire entertainment: loopy and predictable, but tremendously likable.
05/26/06
Top CriticA by-the-numbers ensemble dramedy that hits every underdog and gay-fish- out-of-water cliche on the nose.
05/25/06
Top CriticHormann provides a light enough touch to make the proceedings palatable, if not quite enjoyable.
05/20/06
Top CriticIt sounds like gay porn, but it's actually a delightful romantic comedy from Germany.
05/02/06
Top CriticIf there's a gay cliche who doesn't flounce through this feel-good German comedy, he must have been out of town when the casting call went out, but its fundamental good nature is tough to resist.
04/28/06
With commendable literalness, the makers of the German soccer comedy Guys and Balls have settled on a title as cheerfully unsubtle as every one of the film's jokes.
04/28/06
Top CriticThough it does elicit some laughs, we've seen this story of over-achieving underdogs too many times.
04/28/06
Top CriticGuys and Balls is an inventory of such cliches, but at least they’re trotted out with a modicum of proficiency.
04/27/06
This jubilant, exhilarating film works like a wonder tonic. It's as captivating as they come, by its very definition a big, fat, fantastic crowd pleaser.
10/20/05
The sexuality of the protagonists is just another plot twist in this mildly funny sports comedy that never seems to accept its characters as people rather than cliches.
07/09/05
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