Major League
1,764
Comedy
An exotic dancer marries the owner of a baseball club. He does not survive the honeymoon and she is in control of his ball club. she wants to move to warmer climes where some new stadiums have been built, but her lease has only one escape clause, poor attendance. She fields the worst team she can find. The attitude of the owner gives the misfits and losers something to rally around and they fight back.
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United States | Los Angeles Times | "No one, not even baseball fans, should go to Major League hoping for 'Bull Durham's' sex, raunch and sophistication. But 'Major League' has its own ingratiating charm. Read full review | POS |
United States | Variety | "Though the plot turns are mostly predictable, they are executed with wit and style" | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "'Major League' is shamelessly formulaic" | NEG |
United States | Chicago Tribune | "A movie that knows what it's up to. It skims along agreeable surfaces, expertly balancing its comedy with melodrama and fulfilling expectations right on schedule." | POS |
United States | Philadelphia Inquirer | "Somebody should tell Ward that winning isn't everything. Character is. And this is what his movie lacks" | NEU |
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