BASEketball
Film1998103 min

BASEketball

Taste attributes: comedysportsfasttried & testedlightrealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringall consuming questgame/competitionunlikely connections

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"Two guys invented a game... and turned the sports world upside down!"

Boxlist takeExpect an accessible, uncomplicated comedy, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Taste details

Quality rating

6.1 /10

TMDB · 396 votes

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What lines up

  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute.

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Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

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Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
1998
Runtime
103 min
Status
Released
Studio
Universal Pictures
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