Knuckleball!
FilmBuff | Release Date: September 21, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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90
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 20, 2012
Maybe that's romanticizing things, but baseball wouldn't be half as beautiful without its mythology. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 19, 2012
The movie's a must for baseball fans in general and Red Sox fans in particular - if nothing else, it will help remove the battery-acid taste of the season now stumbling to a close. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 20, 2012
A wild and unexpected film. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirSep 18, 2012
Immediately leaps near the top of the list of greatest baseball documentaries. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNoel MurraySep 19, 2012
Some of Knuckleball!'s best scenes show Dickey and Wakefield hanging out with Hough and Phil Niekro (the latter the rare knuckleballer who threw the pitch his whole career rather than turning to it out of desperation), talking about the mechanics and the mojo of the knuckler. Read full review
70
NPRScott TobiasSep 20, 2012
Knuckleball! looks and feels like a standard ESPN documentary, slickly packaged and a little bloodless, and Stern and Sundberg lean a little heavily on music to goose up the excitement. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineBill WeberSep 18, 2012
This chronicle of two athletes throwing baseball's funkiest, least respected pitch is given depth by their stranger-than-fiction underdog status and camaraderie with mentors who've had the same struggles. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 18, 2012
Though not novel enough to attract non-devotees of America's Pastime, the film should please fans on the small screen. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearSep 18, 2012
Viewers who can't get enough of ESPN's "30 for 30" docs will lap up this dual portrait. Read full review
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