Customer Reviews

Blackball

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Totally watchable and enjoyable film, both for it's comic and dramatic aspects. A nice change to see a film that doesn't feature a car chase or a bullet-proof leading man. Also worth mentioning is the soundtrack, with features a nice selection of classic rock tunes. The "Won't Get Fooled Again" segment alone warrants seeing this film!

I ordered this DVD thinking that it was the British comedy about lawn bowling like the above reviewer thought. This is NOT that movie! This is a very dark movie about a racist character, etc. according to the back. The comedy is only available through Amazon UK that I've found if your player can play that region. I've already returned this one and ordered the British one.

This movie was originally released in Britain in 2003, probably before Dodgeball was even filmed. I say that because there exists the sentiment that this was somehow a spin-off.

Anyways, the concept of a movie about bowls drew my roommate and I to the theater when in London. We had no idea what to expect and wer pleasently suprised to see Vince Vaughn. His character was entertaining as were all the others. In the British context it was pretty funny... very very bizarre though.

Loved it! Funny like "Men with Brooms". Vince Vaughn is awesome in it!

JP

I'm torn as to whether to label this as the most unfunniest comedy ever, for I have "Disorderlies" with the Fat Boys and "Private Resort" with Johnny Depp and Rob Morrow to contend with. Regardless, as lame as most of the recent National Lampoon titles have been as of late, this one certainly takes the cake of being the most unwatchable. Mel Smith (the co-writer/director) apparently has a few good friends, for I can't imagine any other reason as to why James Cromwell and Vince Vaughn would even think to sign on to something this ridiculously bad (although they, to their credit are only featured in supporting roles). To sum it up briefly, this movie takes a predictable and watered-down "Dodgeball" approach, punishes you with creating the most annoying main character in history (and yes, he is more annoying than Pauly Shore, Yahoo Serious, Jerry Lewis and Pee-Wee Herman have done on their worst day), wastes your time by featuring an incredibly dull sport and fails to muster one single laugh out of the proceedings. Being a Vince Vaughn fan, I was expecting this to be one of those "under-the-radar" flicks that I would be happy to uncover. Instead, I'm left wishing that I didn't waste my time watching it----and I only sat through the whole thing because I had a morbid curiousity to see if it was possible for the film to fail on all accounts. Well, that's the one factor in which this movie succeeded. Zero stars for this one. Avoid it.

This movie, based on a true story, was enjoyable to watch. Unfortunately, it is not closed-captioned so many hearing-impaired people will not be able to watch it.

This was a bargain buy for me so I would have something to watch. It turned out to be a movie I grab 3-4 times a year to watch. Well worth the money. big surprise for a movie about boccie ball.

Fun movie that's flown under the radar for far too long. Give it a shot, you just may love it too!

If you enjoy Lawn Bowls, this is a fun movie. The American accents were also fun... being they were British bowlers -- but being American, we could forgive them, LOL.

When I see National Lampoon in the title I don't expect too much , but I was pleasantly surprised at how good this film was. I think most of the negative reviews of this movie come from those who like the usual junk that National Lampoon puts out, and since this movie is well written, acted and directed it puts them off. If you're someone who enjoys a well written character study over bathroom humor, I think you'll enjoy this film.