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BASEketball

Play trailer Poster for BASEketball R,  1998,  1h 43m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 41% 49 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 100,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
41% Tomatometer 49 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
When slacker friends Joe Cooper (Trey Parker) and Doug Remer (Matt Stone) are challenged to a pickup basketball game against some jocks, they counter by proposing to play a game they learned called BASEketball, which combines basketball and baseball. In reality, they are improvising all the rules, but somehow the sport becomes a hit. A promoter (Ernest Borgnine) forms a popular league, but after his death a rival owner (Robert Vaughn) wants to change the rules to increase profits.
BASEketball

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Critics Consensus

Baseketball isn't just a succession of fouls thanks to the comedic zip of David Zucker's direction, but sophomoric gags and a lack of performance hustle by Trey Parker and Matt Stone makes this satire a clumsy bunt.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Mar 25, 2008
I was bored well before the end, but found the first half hour pretty funny. Go to Full Review
Jeff Giles Newsweek Mar 25, 2008
Jenny McCarthy and Ernest Borgnine -- together at last. Go to Full Review
Bilge Ebiri Entertainment Weekly Mar 25, 2008
D+
Their incessant, obscene banter is meant to be endearing; their total lack of presence makes it simply annoying. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Sep 5, 2020
2/4
...a disappointing misfire that's aged terribly in the years since its 1998 release. Go to Full Review
Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Apr 29, 2020
3/5
Here's a treat for South Park fans... Better than you might suspect. Go to Full Review
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George W Mar 11, 2019 This is one of those movies that can be watched 20 years later and still be funny. If you're looking for laughs, this is it!
Hermione W Jan 18, 2019 this movie is glorious. destroys the state of modern sports
Draco S Dec 16, 2018 Vintage pre-South Park Matt Stone and Trey Parker, my stomach was hurting by the end from laughing
George R Oct 14, 2018 Horfði með Rebbu, yndislegt sunnudagskvöld. Tókum göngutúr niður í fjöru fyrr um kvöldið.
Hermione W Jul 15, 2018 I think if this movie had come out now it would have done better. This movie is basically Airplane/Naked Gun style comedy mixed with dirty humor and profanity. Not a mix that works for everyone, but if those appeal to you than this is right in your wheelhouse. At the time, super raunchy humor like this did not have as much of a niche, so critics slammed it, but I think nowadays more critics would accept that this has appeal for some people even if they don't find it funny. Trey and Matt really carry the movie, they are charming and likable in the lead roles and have tons of funny lines. The humor is silly but not stupid; there's wit and inventiveness to the jokes to go along with the dirty comedy. Yasmine Bleeth is kind of meh but she doesn't really hurt the movie; Jenny McCarthy is just there mainly because this was back when everyone was obsessed with how hot she was. But she is in it little enough that she doesn't distract too much and you can focus on what works. The main thing that didn't work for me were the psych outs; even the concept doesn't make much sense. I couldn't buy that a player would pass out in shock/rage because someone on the other team suggested that they were banging the player's wife, when they know the other team is trying to psych them out and therefore is just going to be making stuff up to shock them. Also the fact that the psych outs didn't work on Trey and Matt 99% of the time made them kind of dumb. Weakest element of the movie for sure, but there are plenty of other laughs to make up for it. See more
Rey R Jan 25, 2018 Much like their previous live action effort, Orgazmo, Parker and Stone knew this movie was a bad idea. As they've mentioned in interviews they were allowed a lot of creative flexibility while making this movie. Such as adding the character of Squeak and creating new jokes. As dumb as this movie is you can tell the actors had a great time filming it. See more
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BASEketball

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Movie Info

Synopsis When slacker friends Joe Cooper (Trey Parker) and Doug Remer (Matt Stone) are challenged to a pickup basketball game against some jocks, they counter by proposing to play a game they learned called BASEketball, which combines basketball and baseball. In reality, they are improvising all the rules, but somehow the sport becomes a hit. A promoter (Ernest Borgnine) forms a popular league, but after his death a rival owner (Robert Vaughn) wants to change the rules to increase profits.
Director
David Zucker
Producer
Gil Netter, Robert LoCash, David Zucker
Screenwriter
David Zucker, Robert LoCash, Lewis Friedman, Jeff Wright
Distributor
MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
Production Co
Zucker Brothers Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 28, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.0M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1), 35mm
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