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Major League (1989)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 37
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 7

Major League may be predictable and formulaic, but buoyed by the script's light, silly humor -- not to mention the well-built sports action sequences and funny performances.

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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 4

Major League may be predictable and formulaic, but buoyed by the script's light, silly humor -- not to mention the well-built sports action sequences and funny performances.

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Inheriting the Cleveland Indians baseball team from her late husband, covetous ex-showgirl Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) wants to move the franchise to Miami, primarily to take advantage of the many personal perks she's been promised by that city. But Cleveland won't yield its lease on the Indians unless the year's attendance falls below 800,000. Figuring that chances for this are already good given Cleveland's inability to win a pennant, Phelps tries to make doubly certain that the fans

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Sports & Fitness, Comedy

David S. Ward

Sep 24, 2002

Paramount Home Video

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All Critics (37) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (7) | DVD (18)

It has its moments, but it also has long, slow stretches where you feel like standing up and wandering around and maybe going out to hunt up a beer. That's fine for baseball, but it's not the way movies are supposed to work.

March 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
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Somebody should tell Ward that winning isn't everything. Character is. And this is what his movie lacks.

March 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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Major League doesn't try too hard or aim too high, but it is pretty funny.

March 16, 2011 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine
TIME Magazine
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Slick predictability is about all it has in mind, down to the last trite freeze-frame.

March 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
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For sheer crowd-pleasing fun it belts one high into the left-field bleachers.

March 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment (1)
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What redeems it is that the action sequences are superbly filmed, climaxing with Sheen's bullish entry into the arena at make-or-break time, the crowd singing 'Wild Thing' in clamouring unison.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Sheen, as an ace fireball pitcher called Wild Thing by the adoring fans, is excellent; so is Bernsen as a star-struck third baseman, whose portfolio is more important that a hard grounder in the hole.

March 20, 2013 Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

If you're looking for sophisticated wit keep going, but Major League is pleasant, undemanding fun.

March 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

The absurdity of the Indians winning the pennant in 1989 helped make the film a lot of fun, and it was a great little fantasy for Tribe fans back in the day.

November 23, 2009 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures
7M Pictures

A meat and potatoes '80s movie, that maybe doesn't 'taste great,' but at least is 'less filling.' [Blu-ray]

May 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews
Groucho Reviews

Even though too many jokes fall flat under the weight of predictability, its sheer comic energy manages to entertain.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

Sometimes funny comedy set in major league baseball with plenty of bawdy slapstick.

March 8, 2008
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Crowd-pleasing '80s underdog sports comedy.

November 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Major League holds up today not only as the rare sports-themed comedy to balance goofiness and dynamic game atmospherics seamlessly, but also as a fleeting reminder of baseball's last remnants of participatory charm and gee-whiz curveball worship.

April 8, 2007 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com
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timeless

April 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
Filmcritic.com

With baseball season underway, it's perfect timing to bring back this quotable classic. Remember The Ueck: "Just a bit outside!"

April 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

Consider Ward's comic framework and Major League is a top-tier baseball film.

April 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

Writer-director David Ward has provided Cleveland Indian fans with something to cheer about and moviegoers with a generally engaging baseball comedy.

March 14, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

One of Hollywood's best underdog stories.

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com
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Audience Reviews for Major League

A by-the-book, losers-come-from-behind sports movie, with its characters charmingly portrayed to make it all go down easy. Uecker steals the film. And note the frequency of Bud Lite product placement, nearly a joke all by itself.
March 18, 2013
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Silly fun with great characters: Vaughn with his nerdbomber frames bedazzled with a skull and crossbones, Willie Mays Hayes with his gyrating hips that Steve Urkel must have borrowed, Cerrano with his vaguely racist voodoo worshipping. This is the first time I rooted against the Yankees.
June 28, 2012
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    1. Harry Doyle: Juuuust a bit outside.
    – Submitted by Willie J (9 months ago)
    1. Harry Doyle: Dynamite drop in. That broadcasting school really paid off.
    – Submitted by Jalen R (15 months ago)

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