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Major League (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 29

Fresh: 24

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 6.5/10

Consensus: 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.

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: When the widow of the owner of the Cleveland Indians realizes that she is stuck with a small stadium in a cold climate, she decides that a move to a Southern, warmer climate is called for.... When the widow of the owner of the Cleveland Indians realizes that she is stuck with a small stadium in a cold climate, she decides that a move to a Southern, warmer climate is called for. Unfortunately the only way she can unload her stadium is due to low attendance, so she needs to plan for a losing and lackluster season. The team of misfits and losers that she has hired, though, decide that if they really pull through, they may not wind up in last place and not be the losers that the owner thinks that they are. This offbeat baseball comedy, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen and Rene Russo, was a surprise 1989 hit. [More]

Starring: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton

Starring: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton, Bob Uecker, Wesley Snipes

Director: David S. Ward

Director: David S. Ward
Screenwriter: David S. Ward

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Sep 24, 2002

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

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05/24/09
Peter Canavese
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Even though too many jokes fall flat under the weight of predictability, its sheer comic energy manages to entertain.

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08/01/08
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Sometimes funny comedy set in major league baseball with plenty of bawdy slapstick.

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03/08/08
Steve Crum
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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.

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04/08/07
Brian Orndorf
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timeless

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04/05/07
Pete Croatto
Filmcritic.com

Slick predictability is about all it has in mind, down to the last trite freeze-frame.

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03/14/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Writer-director David Ward has provided Cleveland Indian fans with something to cheer about and moviegoers with a generally engaging baseball comedy.

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03/14/07
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For sheer crowd-pleasing fun it belts one high into the left-field bleachers.

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03/14/07
Variety
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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.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

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08/09/05
Emanuel Levy
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Underrated baseball film has plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.

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06/05/05
James Plath
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04/28/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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10/31/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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10/15/03
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

The scarce laughs are courtesy of Bob Uecker as announcer Harry Doyle...

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08/01/03
David Nusair
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07/20/03
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Ward hits a decent line drive with the wacky Major League...an inspired goofy time at the ballpark

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05/30/03
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

The film is so loopy that it glides over its cliches and indulges in some congenial movie-baseball silliness.

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05/20/03
Caryn James
New York Times
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It really should have been much worse. In fact, it's surprisingly good.

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05/15/03
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02/07/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
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