Major League: Critic Reviews

The film is so loopy that it glides over its cliches and indulges in some congenial movie-baseball silliness.

Shamelessly formulaic.

Slick predictability is about all it has in mind, down to the last trite freeze-frame.

For sheer crowd-pleasing fun it belts one high into the left-field bleachers.

Major League doesn't try too hard or aim too high, but it is pretty funny.

If you're looking for sophisticated wit keep going, but Major League is pleasant, undemanding fun.

The absurdity of the Indians winning the pennant in 1989 helped make the film a lot of fun, and it was a great little fantasy for Tribe fans back in the day.

A meat and potatoes '80s movie, that maybe doesn't 'taste great,' but at least is 'less filling.' [Blu-ray]

Even though too many jokes fall flat under the weight of predictability, its sheer comic energy manages to entertain.

Sometimes funny comedy set in major league baseball with plenty of bawdy slapstick.

Major League holds up today not only as the rare sports-themed comedy to balance goofiness and dynamic game atmospherics seamlessly, but also as a fleeting reminder of baseball's last remnants of participatory charm and gee-whiz curveball worship.

timeless

Writer-director David Ward has provided Cleveland Indian fans with something to cheer about and moviegoers with a generally engaging baseball comedy.

What redeems it is that the action sequences are superbly filmed, climaxing with Sheen's bullish entry into the arena at make-or-break time, the crowd singing 'Wild Thing' in clamouring unison.

One of Hollywood's best underdog stories.

Underrated baseball film has plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.

The scarce laughs are courtesy of Bob Uecker as announcer Harry Doyle...

Ward hits a decent line drive with the wacky Major League...an inspired goofy time at the ballpark

It really should have been much worse. In fact, it's surprisingly good.