The Slugger's Wife

Columbia Pictures Corporation | Release Date: March 29, 1985

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29	METASCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews

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Bob Thomas

A Neil Simon comedy it isn't, although some bright one-liners shine through. [18 March 1985]

Roger Ebert

Simon's not in a lighthearted mood, and so the silliness of the story gets bogged down in all sorts of gloomy neuroses, angry denunciations, and painful self-analysis. Read full review

Gene Siskel

Michael O'Keefe, a likable enough presence, seems wildly miscast as the young slugger. O'Keefe is so likable that we can't really accept him as a heavy in this role. [29 March 1985, p.A]

Janet Maslin

It's a shock to find Neil Simon's name attached to something as resoundingly unfunny as The Slugger's Wife. Read full review

Rita Kempley

A sorry comedy. [31 March 1985, p.21]

TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)

Given the track records of its writer, Neil Simon, and director, Hal Ashby, THE SLUGGER'S WIFE should at least have been entertaining. It isn't. Instead, it is one of the most disappointing, least credible films about baseball in recent memory. Read full review

Bill Cosford

The Slugger's Wife is awful, easily the most inept mainstream Hollywood entertainment in memory. [29 March 1985, p.D19]

Paul Attanasio

Here is a Neil Simon movie with all of his banality, but none of his humor -- a sort of "The Nod Couple." [30 March 1985, p.G3]

David Ansen

The Slugger's Wife isn't remotely provocative -- or even entertaining. It's an example of creative anorexia: the movie is so thin you leave the theater feeling you've watched the outtakes by mistake. [1 Apr 1985, p.87]