Great Fun!

Rating: 7/10 (4 April 2006)

I confess - when this movie came out on the big screen, I was swayed by the previews which told me: this movie was gonna suck.
Then I saw it on video at a friends house. I laughed so hard in some spots I was sore the next day, and upset that I never saw it in the theater.
The opening montage about sports history, their current vulgar displays and the fictional future history is priceless by itself. It is both funny on its own, and perhaps hits a little too close to home in its criticism of American sports culture. And it does it all in under five minutes! OK, yes, this movie is not going to win any awards for...well, much of anything. The acting is hammy but it works. The comedy is hardly subtle but it works...and there's a couple of surprises from the broadcasters whom you should recognize even if you don't follow sports.
Would I let my kids watch it? If I had any, probably not until their teens.
That being said, if you liked movies such as Dumb & Dumber, you'll thoroughly enjoy BASEketball. Yes you will also even hear a couple of South Park voices in here.
And if you have the DVD with the extras on it, that is worth watching. You'll note that Parker & Stone gave it shot thinking that South Park wasn't going to last very long, and this was also Robert Vaughn's 100th movie.
Very worth the time to enjoy!