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Guys and Balls (2006)

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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... 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 position and throw him off the team. With the help of his sister and a cranky former soccer star, he tries to form an all-gay soccer team to challenge his old team in a grudge match. Ecki's journey in self-realization is filled with wonderful surprises and interesting characters in this delightful romantic comedy from Germany. -- © Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Maximillian Brückner, Lisa Marie Potthoff, Jochen Stern

Starring: Maximillian Brückner, Lisa Marie Potthoff, Jochen Stern

Director: Sherry Horman

Director: Sherry Horman
Studio: Regent Releasing

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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
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

It's surefire entertainment: loopy and predictable, but tremendously likable.

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05/26/06
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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A by-the-numbers ensemble dramedy that hits every underdog and gay-fish- out-of-water cliche on the nose.

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05/25/06
Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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Hormann provides a light enough touch to make the proceedings palatable, if not quite enjoyable.

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05/20/06
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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It sounds like gay porn, but it's actually a delightful romantic comedy from Germany.

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05/02/06
Melissa Levine
Melissa Levine
Village Voice
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If 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.

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04/28/06
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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.

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04/28/06
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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Though it does elicit some laughs, we've seen this story of over-achieving underdogs too many times.

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04/28/06
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Guys and Balls is an inventory of such cliches, but at least they’re trotted out with a modicum of proficiency.

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04/27/06
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
L.A. Weekly

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.

Full Review Source: Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | comment Comment
10/20/05
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

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.

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07/09/05
Boyd van Hoeij
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