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The Chicago Bruins baseball team is facing their hated St. Louis rivals, but the real drama is in the stands, where a die-hard group of fans (compassionate gambler Peter Reigert, hen-pecked hothead Wayne Knight, blind Matt Craven, jerk Brad Garrett, aspiring actress Sarain Boylan, and geek Hal Sparks) make outrageous bets and reveal their true colors between the balls and strikes. Any resemblance between the Bruins and the Chicago Cubs is not a coincidence. Bleacher Bums originated as a play (cowritten by Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz) that paid affectionate homage to the perennial losers and the fans who stand by them. The use of glaringly fictitious team names is bush league (and makes a climactic reference to Ernie Banks incomprehensible). But teams that break their fans' hearts is not a Chicago phenomenon. This will be a hit with any long-suffering sports fan whose rallying cry is, "Just wait 'til tomorrow/next week/next year or--in the Cubs' case--next century." -- Donald Liebenson
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Rapid-fire dialogue highlights this comedy about a group of rabid and rowdy Chicago baseball fans who provide non-stop commentary during a mid-season game. Among the raucous revelers are professional gamblers Peter Riegert and Brad Garrett, downtrodden Wayne Knight, and blind fan Matt Craven, who receives a play-by-play from Sarain Boylan, a bombshell trying to get discovered Pamela Anderson-style. With Charles Durning, Maury Chaykin, Hal Sparks. 110 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Bleacher Bums is a movie version of the famous Second City stage play which stars Wayne Knight(Seinfeld, Third Rock from the Sun), Brad Garrett(Everybody Loves Raymond, Til' Death) and Hal Sparks(Queer as Folk). The film is about a group of loyal baseball fans who take bets on the entire game, cheer and boo for the home team and gets on each others' cases. Now, due to legal and trademark issues, the film cannot use the Chicago Cubs name or logo, Wrigley Field, or Major League Baseball, and also, the film was not shot on location in Chicago, but Toronto, Ontario, Canada. But anyway, Bleacher Bums will make you laugh, cry, and believe in the spirit of baseball.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This movie is great combination of adult humor, love story and object lesson. You'll laugh till you cry at some scenes and may be tempted to cry at others. If you like relational movies, you have GOT to see Bleacher Bums.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ignore the heckler in the stands below; this is a great film not just about baseball, or gambling, but about people and how they "win or lose." In this film, no one loses and the entire cast hits homeruns. I loved it.
Anyone know who did the great blues music featured in the film? I would love to have a CD of this as well!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The MLB Got This One Right
A foul-mouthed, salacious, well-cast, occasionally entertaining, slice-of-life look at some Chicago Cub (Bruins) fans. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tim Williams
Lets go to the ballgame
An odd collection of fans get together regularly to watch their favorite team play. One gal hopes to be caught on camera and discovered. Then it rains. Read more
Published 5 months ago by ellison
Not perfect, but very close
Excellent, fun movie which Brad Garrett comes very close to stealing, in my opinion. Hal Sparks is wonderful as the younger guy who worships Garrett's character and desperately... Read more
Published 21 months ago by John F. Jamele
The Cubs
The movie is good but I wonder why the name change for the home team went from the Cubs to the Bruins? In the stage play the Cubs remain Cubs. Read more
Published on July 20, 2008 by Robert Kozlowski
Bleacher Bums
A very good adaptation of a stage play, with an outstanding cast. It has an mature perspective on the love of baseball and the compulsion of gambling. Read more
Published on August 1, 2007 by Paul A. Moore
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