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It's bogged down with an unfocused script and countless sports movie cliches, but The Perfect Game still manages to charm with its unabashed sweetness and a stirring final act.
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Notable only for being a catalog of just about every kid-pic cliche' ever committed to film. May 7, 2010 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…
Notable only for being a catalog of just about every kid-pic cliche' ever committed to film.
Peter Rainer
Director William Dear is not one to miss a sentimental beat. April 30, 2010 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Director William Dear is not one to miss a sentimental beat.
Rick Groen
[From] the second minute of the movie I knew every single thing that was going to happen and there was not a single surprise. April 19, 2010
[From] the second minute of the movie I knew every single thing that was going to happen and there was not a single surprise.
A.O. Scott
It's an unabashedly corny but occasionally stirring dramedy based on the true-life story of scrappy young baseball players from Mexico. April 16, 2010
It's an unabashedly corny but occasionally stirring dramedy based on the true-life story of scrappy young baseball players from Mexico.
Joe Leydon
So overwhelmed by its own based-on-actual-events tale that it can't find the tone to tell it effectively. April 16, 2010 | Full Review…
So overwhelmed by its own based-on-actual-events tale that it can't find the tone to tell it effectively.
Neil Genzlinger
Anyone much older than, say, 10, will likely find the underdog saga sappy and manipulative, not to mention filled with sports movie cliches, including the following statement: "It will take a miracle to make them into a real team." April 16, 2010 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Anyone much older than, say, 10, will likely find the underdog saga sappy and manipulative, not to mention filled with sports movie cliches, including the following statement: "It will take a miracle to make them into a real team."
Michael O'Sullivan
No ironic detachment for William Dear's latest film: It may have every clich in the book, but The Perfect Game means everything it says. May 13, 2014 | Rating: 6.5/10
No ironic detachment for William Dear's latest film: It may have every clich in the book, but The Perfect Game means everything it says.
William Bibbiani
It's all stencil work without a single touch of novelty, inspiration or originality. May 12, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's all stencil work without a single touch of novelty, inspiration or originality.
Katherine Monk
The Perfect Game proves that you don't always have to reach for lofty heights to work. It's certainly not a classic. It's a simple pleasure for those times when that's all you need. December 2, 2013 | Full Review…
The Perfect Game proves that you don't always have to reach for lofty heights to work. It's certainly not a classic. It's a simple pleasure for those times when that's all you need.
Ryan Cracknell
A welcome addition to the expanding genre of baseball films. December 29, 2011 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
A welcome addition to the expanding genre of baseball films.
James Plath
It's hard not to root for an underdog, especially a relentlessly optimistic one, and the reality is Game has a lot of heart. But not much in the way of legs. April 25, 2011 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…
It's hard not to root for an underdog, especially a relentlessly optimistic one, and the reality is Game has a lot of heart. But not much in the way of legs.
Joshua Starnes
Packed with everything you'd want from an inspiring sports story. The pieces aren't put together as neatly as one would hope, but the film easily achieves the intended effect. August 13, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Packed with everything you'd want from an inspiring sports story. The pieces aren't put together as neatly as one would hope, but the film easily achieves the intended effect.
Perri Nemiroff
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