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Guys and Balls

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Foreign  |  Romance

Written by: Benedikt Gollhardt

Directed by: Sherry Horman

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 28, 2006
DVD: September 5, 2006

Running Time: 106 minutes, Color

Origin: Germany

Language(s): German (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: R for sexual content, nudity and language

Starring Maximilian Brückner, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Dietmar Bär, Saskia Vester, Rolf Zacher, Mariele Millowitsch, and David Rott

Disgraced and kicked off his homophobic soccer team, Ecki swears revenge against his former teammates. With the help of his sister, he forms a rag-tag, all-gay team to compete in the ultimate grudge match. It's a hilarious journey for Ecki, his family and their entire town in this sweet, sexy and thoroughly surprising comedy. (Regent Releasing)

What The Critics Said

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75

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

If there's a gay cliche who doesn't flounce through this feel-good German comedy, he must have been out of town when the casting call went out, but its fundamental good nature is tough to resist.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson

It's surefire entertainment: loopy and predictable, but tremendously likable.

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70

Village Voice Melissa Levine

Both totally predictable and unerringly charming, with all of the quirky players, training montages, and father-son drama you'd expect.

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70

Chicago Reader Joshua Katzman

Following the same general blueprint as "The Bad News Bears" or "The Longest Yard," this engaging, well-paced German film directed by Sherry Horman includes a vibrantly funny script by Benedikt Gollhardt.

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70

LA Weekly Adam Nayman

With its clean narrative lines, easily grasped message and literal kick-line of affable, non-threatening gay characters, the film is carefully calibrated for mass appeal. It leaves no shortcut or pratfall untaken, and it will be all the more popular for it.

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A wry, robust comedy of broad, sometimes crass humor set in the ultra-macho world of a small-town German soccer team.

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60

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

The climactic game provides an opportunity for some of the most sustained - and literal - gay bashing in movie history, even if the outcome is no more surprising than that of any other underdog comedy.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Golhardt's screenplay has enough quirkily charming moments to compensate for its plethora of stereotypical characters and cliched situations, and director Sherry Hormann provides a light enough touch to make the proceedings palatable, if not quite enjoyable.

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50

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

There are moments of genuine emotion between the wacky tryouts and the nail-biter finale, and it seems churlish to complain. But there's little room for laziness around superior players like "Shaolin Soccer" and "Bend It Like Beckham."

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40

Variety Dennis Harvey

A by-the-numbers ensemble dramedy that hits every underdog and gay-fish-out-of-water cliche on the nose.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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