Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: April 1, 1949 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
While there's not much baseball played here, this is an amiable film, marked by the enjoyable cast and some lively, if not memorable, music. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Enormously enjoyable. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderDon Druker
The plot is typical fluff—Kelly and Sinatra join Esther Williams's baseball team at the turn of the century—but the production values are, as always, worth the price of admission. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game, backgrounded by an early-day baseball yarn, is short on story, but has some amusing moments - and Gene Kelly. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
For all its high spots, however, the show lacks consistent style and pace, and the stars are forced to clown and grimace much more than becomes their speed. Actually, the plotted humor is conspicuously bush-league stuff. Don't be surprised if you see people getting up for a seventh-inning stretch. Read full review
60
The New YorkerPauline Kael
This asinine story just about smothers the good-natured hoofing.
60
Los Angeles TimesDennis Hunt
A slight but high-spirited musical that entertains without ever really grabbing you. [29 Jan 1988, p.21]
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