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65
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64
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64
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63
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61
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60
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57
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55
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54
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54
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53
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53
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53
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51
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51
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49
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47
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47
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43
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42
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36
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36
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35
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35
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34
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33
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31
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27
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24
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86
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85
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83
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83
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83
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80
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80
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80
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80
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79
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78
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78
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76
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75
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75
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74
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73
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73
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72
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72
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71
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70
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68
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67
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66
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66
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64
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64
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64
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63
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63
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62
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62
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62
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61
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61
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61
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57
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57
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54
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54
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53
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51
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50
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47
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Mr. 3000
Touchstone Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sexual content and language
Starring
Bernie Mac,
Angela Bassett,
Michael Rispoli,
Brian J. White,
Ian Anthony Dale,
Evan Jones,
Paul Sorvino,
and
Chris Noth
Bernie Mac stars as an over-the-hill ballplayer who learns there's more to the game than individual stats and a Hall-of-Fame plaque. (Touchstone Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Eric Champnella (also story)
Keith Mitchell (also story)
Howard Gould
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Charles Stone III
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 1, 2005
Video: February 1, 2005
Theatrical: September 17, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
104 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
88
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Bernie Mac gives surprising wisdom and heart - along with the laughs - to what could have been just another generic baseball comedy.

80
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
A superb mainstream entertainment in the purest sense of the term: It's a picture made to please a wide audience without ever pandering to it.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Understands baseball and the men who play it, and, for a film about the sport, that's half the battle.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Brad Wheeler
Predictable but highly entertaining.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Bernie Mac gives a funny and kind of touching performance as a man who attains greatness once and then has to do it again.

70
The New York Times
Anita Gates
If there was any question about how well Bernie Mac's charm, demonstrated in stand-up comedy and on his Fox sitcom, would play on the big screen, the news is good: no problem.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
This tale of a lovable jerk who learns the meaning of sacrifice should capitalize on its star's sitcom popularity to hit one out of the park.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Good-looking and smooth, with a great soundtrack.

70
Village Voice
Joshua Land
The real news is that Mac has finally found a movie that taps into the dark side displayed in his best stand-up work. A hilarious elementary-school scene plays off the comedian's ambivalence toward kids.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Mac's TV show seems to have trained him to settle for feel-good tack-ons that cut against the prickly nature of Mr. 3000. The actor has such a serious and wise bearing that it's hard to believe Stan as a shallow jackass, which is why several of his scenes with Boca seem phony.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Not a great movie, but it's affectionate. It reveals the cuddly side of Mac.

63
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Commits the cardinal sin of not being quite as funny as its star.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A surprisingly edgy comedy.

60
Slate
David Edelstein
Mr. 3000 is refreshing because it ends on a slightly sour, dissonant note: Stan wins, but not in the way he imagines. It's a nice change from the sports films that end with fists pumping and crowds going nuts.

60
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
There are no big surprises, but Mac and director Charles Stone III (Drumline) hit all the right dramatic notes.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Scott Brown
It's a canned clip reel of Heartwarming Sports Comedy, intermittently redeemed by its easygoing boomer vibe. And at its center is the redoubtable Bernie Mac, nicely aged, as he says, ''like USDA beef.''

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Sputtering along on Mac's sleepy improvisations, Mr. 3000 volleys between the dumb, frat-house wackiness of "Major League" and the "Wonder Bat" schmaltz of "The Natural" and "Field Of Dreams," chasing the gags with a lame baseball-as-life message about playing for the right reasons.

50
Variety
Brian Lowry
Never generates enough laughs to escape the infield. It doesn't help that this is a sports movie that lacks any suspense or dramatic tension about what transpires on the field, and Mac plays such a self-absorbed jerk through most of the film that rooting interest is minimal.

50
LA Weekly
Ernest Hardy
Mr. 3000, which starts out promisingly, squanders Mac's natural gift of salty gruffness by shoehorning him into a dull, heartwarming cinematic lesson on humility and the joys of teamwork.

50
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
The charismatic Mac has stepped into leading man roles with surprising ease, but Bassett -- a fine actress in all respects -- is clearly struggling with the film's broad comedy.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
As fresh as a highlight reel of day-after replays, Mr. 3000 is a case of major-league talent stuck in a minor-league story.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
The always fierce Bassett is a little too fierce here, reacting with unwarranted emotion to each romantic twist and turn.

50
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Mr. 3000 isn't nearly as fun as an afternoon of America's Pastime.

50
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
Just another baseball movie hitting for average -- very average.

40
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Mac manages to find some moments of comedy within a movie that often feels like it's going into extra innings

40
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
This is your standard genre fare: Smart-a-- player gets schooled, finds love, and is redeemed in time for the final big game.

30
Washington Post
Sara Gebhardt
The script is much like a nine-inning sitcom that uses an obvious formula to tell a familiar story while garnering cheap laughs.


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