really quite hilarious

Rating: 8/10 (4 February 2000)

one obviously can't use, for BASEketball, the same criteria one would use to evaluate an "american beauty," for instance. one can, however, put this movie up against airplane! and the naked gun series, and in this context it stands up quite well.
while the writing credit is given to one or more of the zuckers (i forget exactly), it is quite clear that, if not doing an uncredited rewrite, stone and parker at least improvised much of the dialogue or something. it all sounds like a south park episode, and that's a good thing. while relying a lot more on profanity than the zuckers' other movies, the comedy is still quite vital and, ultimately, wet-yourself hilarious. the comedic strengths of all the collaborators makes for a good blend and, while this movie died critically and commercially, it's not because the cast and crew weren't trying.
yasmine bleeth is the coolest member of this cast, in a way--her charity worker was sweet and cute and sexy in that not-sexy way... a really understated performance, and one which played well against the over-the-top actions carried out by her male costars.
in the end, the best bit of praise i could give this movie is that it is one of the two or three films, in the tradition of "happy gilmore," that i can watch over and over without getting sick of it. since it's down to ten bucks for a new copy nearly everywhere, i would recommend that any slapstick lover grab up a copy immediately.