BASEketball

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BASEketball

R

1998

1h 43m

Comedy

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When slacker friends Joe Cooper (Trey Parker) and Doug Remer (Matt Stone) are challenged to a pickup basketball game against some jocks, they counter by proposing to play a game they learned called BASEketball, which combines basketball and baseball. In reality, they are improvising all the rules, but somehow the sport becomes a hit. A promoter (Ernest Borgnine) forms a popular league, but after his death a rival owner (Robert Vaughn) wants to change the rules to increase profits.

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Critics Consensus

Baseketball isn't just a succession of fouls thanks to the comedic zip of David Zucker's direction, but sophomoric gags and a lack of performance hustle by Trey Parker and Matt Stone makes this satire a clumsy bunt.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Mar 25, 2008

I was bored well before the end, but found the first half hour pretty funny.

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Jeff Giles

Newsweek

Mar 25, 2008

Jenny McCarthy and Ernest Borgnine -- together at last.

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Bilge Ebiri

Entertainment Weekly

Mar 25, 2008

D+

Their incessant, obscene banter is meant to be endearing; their total lack of presence makes it simply annoying.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Sep 5, 2020

2/4

...a disappointing misfire that's aged terribly in the years since its 1998 release.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Apr 29, 2020

3/5

Here's a treat for South Park fans... Better than you might suspect.

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Film4

Mar 25, 2008

You can't help feeling that the whole project must have begun as an off-the-cuff joke which some studio executive took seriously and greenlighted.

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Drinx W

@MrDrinx Jul 8, 2026

One of the best ever for comedies.

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Johnny R

@RT74826164 Apr 11, 2026

One of the funniest comedies of all time makes me feel like a 13 year old girl again everytime I watch it

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Jamie W

@Jamwright Jan 12, 2026

Trey Parker - Matt Stone watched this when it first came out .. huge South Park fan . Rewatched 2026 . Very funny . Some the so called critics who say long winded rubbish about it … look at their faces in their profile pictures They look like the types that would enjoy only serious movies . This is not Bridget Jones’s diary for God sake. Great for a laugh even 27 years later

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Dec 4, 2025

If you like the guys who created South Park do some acting, then this is a must see.

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luna zoe s

@RT70180357 Dec 1, 2025

God, this movie is really stupid but… I LOVE IT!!!

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Luke M

@RT19280028 Nov 24, 2025

It was so stupid But it's aura

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Jenna Reed

Jenny McCarthy

Yvette Denslow

Robert Vaughn

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Synopsis

When slacker friends Joe Cooper (Trey Parker) and Doug Remer (Matt Stone) are challenged to a pickup basketball game against some jocks, they counter by proposing to play a game they learned called BASEketball, which combines basketball and baseball. In reality, they are improvising all the rules, but somehow the sport becomes a hit. A promoter (Ernest Borgnine) forms a popular league, but after his death a rival owner (Robert Vaughn) wants to change the rules to increase profits.

Director: David Zucker
Producer: Gil Netter, Robert LoCash, David Zucker
Screenwriter: David Zucker, Robert LoCash, Lewis Friedman, Jeff Wright
Distributor: MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
Production Co: Zucker Brothers Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 28, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.0M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1), 35mm

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