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Church Ball

Play trailer Poster for Church Ball PG,  2006,  1h 31m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 17% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 39% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
17% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 39% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Dennis Buckstead (Andrew Wilson), a basketball coach for his church, faces a nearly impossible task: The bishop (Fred Willard) demands that he lead a misfit team to victory in the upcoming championship game. With 20 years of losses behind it, Dennis' team is in danger of being remembered as the worst ever to play the game.

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Ted Fry Seattle Times Apr 28, 2006
2.5/4
... a carefree, underdog sports comedy. Go to Full Review
Richard Nilsen Arizona Republic Apr 13, 2006
1/5
Jokes fall flat, characterizations are sketchy at best, setups never receive their payoff, unnecessary subplots slow the already glacial pace. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 5, 2020
1.5/4.0
Hale borrows from nearly every other irreverent sports film ever made. Go to Full Review
Luke Y. Thompson New Times Apr 29, 2006
Hale's directorial style relies way too much on the kind of cheesy music video montages that have long since been parodied to death, and the religious rock songs used are truly awful. Go to Full Review
William Arnold Seattle Post-Intelligencer Apr 28, 2006
C-
Its rowdiness, bathroom humor, cast of familiar but second-rate actors and overall disrespect for organized religion make it seem like any other bad Hollywood farce. Go to Full Review
Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star Apr 13, 2006
1/4
Air ball . . . Air ball . . . Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Kurt Hale

Director

Fred Willard

Bishop Linderman

Andrew Wilson

Dennis

Clint Howard

Gene

Gary Coleman

Charles

Ross Brockley

Mickey

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Movie Info

Synopsis Dennis Buckstead (Andrew Wilson), a basketball coach for his church, faces a nearly impossible task: The bishop (Fred Willard) demands that he lead a misfit team to victory in the upcoming championship game. With 20 years of losses behind it, Dennis' team is in danger of being remembered as the worst ever to play the game.
Director
Kurt Hale
Producer
George Dayton
Screenwriter
Paul Eagleston, Stephen Rose, Kurt Hale
Distributor
Halestone Distribution
Production Co
Halestorm Entertainment
Rating
PG (Mild Language|Rude Humor)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 17, 2006, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$465.0K
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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