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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:13
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Even if bowling isn't your sport, this colorful documentary is still an entertaining watch.
Theatrical Release:May 27, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Though never a sport of Kings, at one point in time bowling occupied a perfectly respectable place in the pantheon of American sports. It has long been one of the most popular participatory sports... [More]
After a few flourishes of Errol Morris-like editing, first-timer Browne settles into a tone resembling the ESPN telecasts so crucial to the PBA's revenue stream, thriving on the intrinsic drama of competition and the league's emerging star system.
Top CriticThe film is part nostalgia, part wary tale of wasted youth and part underdog struggle.
Top CriticManages to be funny, sad and as informative as you'd want any movie about bowling to be.
Top CriticIt's a curious movie, in the best sense, acknowledging that everybody is obsessed with something, then finding out why this particular group of people is obsessed with this particular pastime.
Top CriticAmusing and insightful.
Top CriticInformative and endearing film.
Top CriticIts 98 minutes are as easy to enjoy as picking up a spare, and we don't mean a tire around the waist.
Top CriticFirst-time helmer Chris Browne's sense of humor captures perfectly the contradictions, absurdities and drama at the intersection of class, media, money and sports without dissing any of his player/subjects.
Top CriticThe dork factor is cheerfully acknowledged by the hip documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen, a witty look at the sport's quest for cool.
Top CriticIf you've ever struggled to watch bowling on TV, you'll appreciate Browne's gifts when the film ends and you realize -- no kidding -- you can't wait to see these guys compete again.
Top CriticThis affectionate though unconvincing documentary struggles to present professional bowling as a simpler, nobler pastime from a simpler, nobler time.
Top CriticChristopher Browne's nonfiction chronicle of the Professional Bowlers Association's quest to retrieve its once-widespread popularity carries more warmth, intimacy and grit -- and still manages to be as witty and engrossing as any Hollywood comedy.
Top CriticA League of Ordinary Gentlemen looks fondly back at an era when bowling was the most popular leisure activity in America.
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