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Beer League

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Beer League (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 14

Fresh: 4

Rotten:10

Average Rating: 4.4/10

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: An unemployed loser (played by Artie Lange) finally finds his calling in life after his New Jersey softball team are almost kicked out of the league, causing him to rally the troops and sensationally rise through the ranks.... An unemployed loser (played by Artie Lange) finally finds his calling in life after his New Jersey softball team are almost kicked out of the league, causing him to rally the troops and sensationally rise through the ranks. [More]

Starring: Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio, Laurie Metcalf, Anthony DeSando

Starring: Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio, Laurie Metcalf, Anthony DeSando, Cara Buono, Seymour Cassel, Todd Barry, Tina Fey

Director: Frank Sebastiano

Director: Frank Sebastiano
Studio: Echo Bridge Entertainment

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Beer League is not for tender ears, but more for the beer-bellied, rascally rule breaker in all of us, and most importantly, there's a great chance something in here will make you laugh.

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12/18/06
Brian Orndorf
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a whole lot of lewd potty humor that doesn't really add up to anything substantial, a guilty pleasure of sorts when taken in small bursts, but which grows somewhat tiresome in the long run

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12/11/06
Christopher Null
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When a small delivery of casual swearing from Seymour Cassell earns your movie's biggest laugh, there's definitely a problem.

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12/10/06
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com
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Beer League is raunchy and tacky, but it’s a hell of a lot funnier than something like Failure To Launch.

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10/02/06
Richard Roeper
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Artie Lange, Howard Stern's radio sidekick, somehow manages to make beer-league softball seem no fun at all in this extremely lowbrow comedy.

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09/19/06
Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
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Now softball has its own seminal classic.

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09/19/06
Mark Bell
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Sitting through this film is like spending the night in that sleazy bar you swore you'd never go in, not even to use the bathroom.

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09/19/06
David Hiltbrand
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Does the movie hit a home run? Hardly. But it's at least a single.

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09/19/06
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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The sort of lowbrow sports comedy best enjoyed on a 50-inch screen with a six-pack, a bucket of wings and a fast-forward button.

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09/19/06
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The inanity is harmless, thoroughly predictable and ultimately disposable.

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09/19/06
Stephen Williams
Newsday
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The experience of watching this loosely plotted comedy set in the suburbs of New Jersey is somewhat akin to spending a nice summer day playing softball with your friends. Only without the sun, the fresh air, the exercise or the fun.

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09/19/06
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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A cavalcade of colorful profanity, bachelor-party hooker gags ... and shopworn bodily function jokes, this vehicle for Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange is slob comedy at its slobbiest.

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09/15/06
Maitland McDonagh
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Sloppy but unconcerned about it...

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06/24/06
Robert Koehler
Variety
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Doesn't contain the average laugh quotient of half of Lange's daily Stern appearances, but its also far less obnoxious than non-fans would expect it to be.

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06/23/06
Erik Childress
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