The Perfect Game Reviews

Movie Reviews

• there's no excitement as the movie plods to its foregone conclusion

  by Neil Genzlinger [NY Times ]

• The Perfect Game is the overused device of presenting historical events via black-and-white newsreel, then having the newsreel wipe to the color of the rest of the film

  Review rate : D+ by Scott Tobias [A.V. Club ]

• The many (too many) Little League baseball games packed into the overlong film were shot and cut

  by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel ]

• Kids on the sweet end of that rule will scoff at this overly earnest story of diamond underdogs winning

  Review rate : C- by Steve Persall [St. Petersburg Times ]

• It ain't religion, but the film does knock it over the fence

  by Tom Meek [Boston Phoenix ]

• an imperfect film, but an unusual case in which the heart of both the story and its telling do help in smoothing over other deficiencies, sweet and disarming in its belief that something like a baseball game can make a bigger difference

  by Mark Olsen [LA Times ]

• a very sweet, very slight family movie that scores smiles and tears of joy

  by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• "The Perfect Game'' takes a while to get to the parts worth cheering

  by Tom Russo [Boston Globe ]

• "The Perfect Game" is a movie for people who value heart and earnestness over technical filmmaking skill, and consider unpredictable plot turns a betrayal

  by Peter Hartlaub [San Francisco Chronicle ]

• "The Perfect Game" has a tougher time with gritty material

  Review rate : B by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News ]

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