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10/13/08
Bull Durham (1988)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:40
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: Kevin Costner at his funniest and most charismatic in Bull Durham, a film that's as wise about relationships as it is about minor league baseball.
Synopsis: North Carolina's Durham Bulls have just acquired a hot new pitcher, "Nuke" LaLoosh, who has a Major League arm but Little League aim. The management has sent for veteran Minor League catcher Crash... [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
Director: Ron Shelton
Reviews for Bull Durham
An unadulterated joy of a sports movie that can't be recommended highly enough.
08/04/08
Top Critic...one of most entertaining and flat-out indelible baseball films within modern cinema...
07/28/08
...the best sports movie ever.
04/04/08
Might have been the greatest baseball movie ever made if not for the sluggish centerpiece performance by Kevin Costner.
04/13/07
Smutty, terrific fun.
03/14/07
Top CriticCostner is a natural as the dyed-in-the-wool ballplayer. His best lines are when he's philosophizing, like on being an All-American male who hates anything by Susan Sontag.
03/14/07
Top CriticThere's a lot of laughter and enjoyment on the way to the lockers.
03/14/07
Shelton, nominated for a best-original-screenplay Oscar, nails the details of minor-league ball visually as well, from the players' superstitious pregame rituals to the dead, painted-green grass on the field.
10/22/06
No review available.
09/22/06
Tim Robbins acts circles around Kevin Costner.
09/01/06
Marvellous stuff.
06/24/06
Top CriticA witty, sexy baseball comedy with a knowing world-weary outlook.
10/06/05
No review available.
09/02/05
No review available.
06/16/05
As much laughs as there's salt in ballpark popcorn!
03/31/05
Great chemistry between Costner, Sarandon, and Robbins - one of the Top 10 baseball movies.
03/23/05
No review available.
12/17/04
No review available.
12/07/04
No review available.
11/12/04
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