BASEketball

Name: BASEketball
Genre: Sport, Comedy
Released: July 31, 1998
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Matt Stone, Trey Parker

1998

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MCA/Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 31, 1998 | R

Starring: Matt Stone, Trey Parker

Summary: Two losers from Milwaukee (Parker and Stone) invent a new game playing basketball, but using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they are thrust into the media spotlight, much to their chagrin.

Director: David Zucker

Genre(s): Sport, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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Stephen Thompson

BASEketball's effort and energy pay off with surprisingly abundant laughs and a few admirable shocks. Read full review

Rick Groen

The pop-culture answer to a murder-suicide, the kind of flick that serves itself up as the object of its own satire. Read full review

Mike Clark

Sports-satire misfire. [31 July 1998, p. 2E]

Jonathan Rosenbaum

I was bored well before the end, but found the first half hour pretty funny. Read full review

Jeff Giles

BASEketball feels stale and inert. Still, Parker and Stone have a nice, giddy rapport, and it's a kick to hear traces of Cartman and Kenny in their dude-speak. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Exhibits none of the infectious offhand tastelessness of their hit show and all of the insistent overkill of a Mel Brooks joke gone horribly wrong. Read full review

Dave Shulman

Some of the most heavy-handed, laughless, uninspired attempts at comedy since prime time. But I still dig “South Park.” Let’s forget this ever happened. Read full review

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Bigmanzakk

May 18, 2021

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Patrick

Jan 3, 2007

I don't understand how the original Scary Movie got pretty decent reviews yet this movie, which is far less childish and far less disgusting gets terrible reviews. This movie is not the send-up of pro sports it starts out to be, no. Zucker and Parker throw their satirical ability about I don't understand how the original Scary Movie got pretty decent reviews yet this movie, which is far less childish and far less disgusting gets terrible reviews. This movie is not the send-up of pro sports it starts out to be, no. Zucker and Parker throw their satirical ability about like it was nothing, practically showing off, and yet they make the best underdog comedy of all time. People think Dodgeball is good? Perhaps it is. But if you don't like BASEketball, that's because you haven't arrived at that humor yet. It's a movie 10 years ahead of it's humor. If it came out this year it would be a hit.… Expand

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JamesS

Mar 13, 2009

A very much underrated film. Very saterical towards sports and the industry around it. Plus has similar style of humor found in South Park. What's not to love? Now excuse me while I play Nintendo.

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TheQuietGamer

Apr 27, 2013

The creative minds behind South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, star in this hilarious comedy. It comes across as almost a spoof of sports movies. It's humor is crude and immature, so don't watch this if you want to see a "smart" comedy. I for one really enjoyed this movie, the onlyThe creative minds behind South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, star in this hilarious comedy. It comes across as almost a spoof of sports movies. It's humor is crude and immature, so don't watch this if you want to see a "smart" comedy. I for one really enjoyed this movie, the only complaint I have is that it uses too many of the cliches that sports movies use.… Expand

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cag11

Nov 30, 2013

It was cheap, I do admit that, but I wasn't watching it for the story. I was watching it because it was hilarious. Making a new sport is hard, and giving credit that was a well put together sport, but I don't think I would want to play it.

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7dogguy

Oct 13, 2012

this movie is really funny and its actually fun and interesting to watch there are really hilarious jokes in this movie coming from the creators of south park you would probably already expect this but while this movie is really funny interesting some parts are just bland and others justthis movie is really funny and its actually fun and interesting to watch there are really hilarious jokes in this movie coming from the creators of south park you would probably already expect this but while this movie is really funny interesting some parts are just bland and others just take it really far with sexual jokes besides those 2 things this movie is pretty good also there is alot less cussing in this then i thought there would be but theres enough but that makes the movie better because they dont try to push the humor on you… Expand

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Bendik

Aug 23, 2007

This movie is so bad that it was funny.

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