Eight Men Out
Orion Pictures | Release Date: September 2, 1988 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Writer-director Sayles has fashioned a convincing account of the scandal, underlaid with an unconventional (by Hollywood standards) workers-vs.-owners critique. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Eight Men Out is an oddly unfocused movie made of earth tones, sidelong glances and eliptic conversations. It tells the story of how the stars of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team took payoffs from gamblers to throw the World Series, but if you are not already familiar with that story you’re unlikely to understand it after seeing this film. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Baseball fans might find this marginally absorbing; for anyone else it's as conscientious and stylistically pedestrian as director John Sayles's other films, and a mite overlong to boot. Read full review
50
Washington PostRita Kempley
It's wage earners versus employers, his same old pitch. No curveballs, no spitballs, no surprises. Read full review
40
TimeRichard Schickel
Eight Men Out lacks either the spacious simplicity of legend or the patient detailing of realism. And Sayles often seems like a man who, trying to stretch a single, gets caught between bases and is desperately trying to evade the rundown. Read full review
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