
BASEketball
Taste attributes: comedysportsfasttried & testedlightrealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringall consuming questgame/competitionunlikely connections
"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
Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
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