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Major League 1989
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A baseball comedy and slob comedy rolled into one, this one actually works as entertainment, if not as a piece of cinematic mastery. James Gammon is the has-been manager hired to lead the last-place Cleveland Indians whose owner wants them to lose so she can sell them. But the team of has-beens and never-wases that he assembles (including Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, and Wesley Snipes) develops a sense of pride and turns the team around. There's plenty of rowdy humor about sex, race, and whatever else they can make fun of. Look for Rene Russo (in her first film role) as Berenger's romantic interest; Snipes also had his first...
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| Major League Movie Review by Filmkiller (2/26/2010) |
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Those who have no appreciation of sports may still enjoy Major League. Without allowing itself to fall into farce it's extremely funny ("They tell us you're a pitcher. You're sure not much of a dresser. We wear caps and sleeves at this level, son."), without falling into melodrama it captures the loss of youth ("Those days...
(complete Major League review by Filmkiller)
There was a lousy football game on so I thought I would wait for a better one and watch this film again. I am glad i did as the game ended 40-10.
The cast of this film is what makes it. They put together a great group to do a movie that is nothing special - losers and has-beens win the pennant.
I like Charlie Sheen and...
(complete Major League review by Movie Addict)
| Major League Movie Review by Zara (3/14/2007) |
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I can't help it. This is by far my favorite sports movie of all time. I saw it in the theater with my mom who was a big fan of Berenger. She took me so that she could drool over him and I could drool over Charlie Sheen (The man has NEVER looked as good in his life as he did in this movie.)
However, there's more to the...
(complete Major League review by Zara)
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