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- 2015
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
- 2015
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
Summary With marriage, graduation, and the real world looming on the horizon, fifth year senior Caleb Fuller reassembles the ol' team of misfits for one last epic run in Intramural football.
Directed By: Andrew Disney
Written By: Bradley Jackson
- 2015
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
- 2015
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
Balls Out
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2.5
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Summary With marriage, graduation, and the real world looming on the horizon, fifth year senior Caleb Fuller reassembles the ol' team of misfits for one last epic run in Intramural football.
Directed By: Andrew Disney
Written By: Bradley Jackson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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43% Mixed
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14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
58
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Besides a clever, blithely ribald script by Bradley Jackson, the movie benefits from a potent “Saturday Night Live”-empowered cast.
The jokes fly in the college intramural football comedy Balls Out like a fourth-down Hail Mary thrown deep toward the end zone: unpredictable, risky, and just a little desperate. But when they hit their marks – and make no mistake, the number of completed passes here is high – they score big laughs in the most unconventionally funny, weirdly absurd movie of the year.
The film reveals itself as a sports movie actually attuned to the knowledge that victory in an inconsequential game bears no meaning.
The film’s greatest virtue is Disney’s ability to poke fun at sports-flick tropes while simultaneously embracing them. No cliché goes untackled; Disney and his first-stringers leave it all on the field.
There’s some chuckleworthy meta-commentary about the absurdity of sports movies, but Balls Out feels more like a long sketch than a feature.
Hammering home every gag as if to make sure we don't miss them, Balls Out garners a few laughs but mostly seems far too taken with itself.
Sure, it’s basically one long testicles joke. But set your expectations low enough and you’ll find a laugh, here and there.
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Production Company
Ralph Smyth Entertainment,
Raindance Entertainment,
Red Entertainment
Release Date Jun 19, 2015
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Tagline The epic sports movie... for the guys who don't deserve one.
