Varsity Blues

Varsity Blues

MTV Productions

January 15, 1999

Sports Drama, Sports Comedy
DVD
D+

I couldn't tell if the toxic masculinity was being critiqued or celebrated.  Brian Robbins directed.

Turtle Tale

Turtle Tale

Totem Films

November 7, 2015

Children's, Sports Comedy

DVD
D+

Three or four forgettable plot lines.  Luc Campeau directed.

Turbo

Turbo

DreamWorks etc.

July 17, 2013

Animation, Fantasy, Children's, Sports Comedy

DVD
D

CGI snail wants to be a racecar driver, as his friends catcall a tomato.  David Soren directed and co-wrote, four year before Captain Underpants.

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

MGM etc.

14 March 2018

Sports Comedy
DVD
D+

I might've given this a C-, like I did Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), but I had to take it down a notch for opening with boxing practice.  Roar Uthaug directed.

Tin Cup

Tin Cup

Regency etc.

August 16, 1996

Sports Comedy, Romcom

DVD
C-

I had to check that I hadn't seen this before, since it felt awfully familiar, but it's not terrible.  Ron Shelton directed and co-wrote.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Columbia etc.

August 4, 2006

Sports Comedy

DVD
D+

Director Adam McKay and star Will Ferrell co-wrote the script, which contains many lines in the form of jokes.

Soorma

Soorma

Sony Pictures

12 July 2018

Sports Comedy, Romance

DVD
D+

It was hard to get past the coach's abuse being played for laughs.  Shaad Ali directed and co-wrote.

The Kid's Last Fight

The Kid's Last Fight

Jack Hays Productions

April 23, 1933

Sports Comedy

DVD
D

Less sexually creepy, but it does have kindergartners in a boxing match.  Charles Lamont directed again.

She's the Man

She's the Man

DreamWorks etc.

March 17, 2006

Romcom, Sports Comedy

DVD
B-

I enjoyed this at the time and it remains entertaining, plausibility aside.  The Aughts soundtrack is good and the cast is game, pun intended.  Yes, I didn't even mind the soccer.  And it has one of the best cat-fights of its genre.  There's a lot less of Shakespeare left here than there was of Jane Austen in Clueless, and I do wish that Viola's two female friends had been given more to do, but it works, enough.  Andy Fickman directed.

The Sandlot

The Sandlot

20th Century Fox

April 7, 1993

Sports Drama, Sports Comedy, Historical Drama, Historical Comedy, Children's

DVD

D+

Not my kind of movie, although I couldn't help seeing it going in a dark-comedy direction with Leary cast as the stepfather.  David Mickey Evans directed, a decade before National Lampoon's Barely Legal.

Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike

MGM

June 13, 1952

Sports Comedy

DVD
C-

Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin wrote this Hepburn & Tracy vehicle where Spencer barely shows up in the first quarter hour, but it was of course nice to see Jim Backus.  George Cukor directed.

Nacho Libre

Nacho Libre

Nickelodeon Movies

June 16, 2006

Children's, Sports Comedy

DVD
D+

A monk has a crush on a nun and wants to be a wrestler.  Jared Hess directed and co-wrote.

Mystery, Alaska

Mystery, Alaska

Hollywood Pictures

October 1, 1999

Sports Comedy
DVD
D+

This would be a better movie without the hockey team.  Jay Roach directed.

Men with Brooms

Men with Brooms

Alliance Atlantis

8 March 2002

Sports Comedy, Romcom

DVD
C+

I found this a little hard to follow; maybe too many characters.  Still, it has its moments.  Paul Gross directed, co-wrote, and stars, and, yes, I preferred him in Gunless.

The Longest Yard (1974)

The Longest Yard (1974)

Paramount

August 30, 1974

Sports Comedy, Sports Drama, Crime Comedy, Crime Drama

DVD
D+

Reynolds plays a very unsympathetic character, and the movie is about football in prison.  Still, I think Bernadette Peters's hairdo and some other '70s trappings are worth a notch up from a D.  Robert Aldrich directed.

Little Big League

Little Big League

Columbia

June 29, 1994

Children's, Sports Comedy
DVD
C-

Not bad for not being my kind of movie, or maybe I just liked the '60s TV references.  Andrew Scheinman directed and co-wrote.

A Knight's Tale

A Knight's Tale

Sony Pictures

May 11, 2001

Historical Comedy, Sports Comedy, Romance

DVD
C+

While I liked the deliberate anachronisms and found the Chaucer character a scene-stealer, I don't think this movie sustains itself for the whole two-plus hours.  Also, it offers an odd blend of misogyny and feminism with its three main female characters.  That said, it's a tough movie to dislike.  Brian Helgeland wrote and directed.

Kicking & Screaming

Kicking & Screaming

Universal

May 13, 2005

Sports Comedy
DVD
D+

Will Ferrell + sports comedy = D+.  Jesse Dylan, son of Bob, directed.

I, Tonya

I, Tonya

Neon

December 8, 2017

Sports Drama, Sports Comedy, Historical Drama, Historical Comedy

DVD
C-

I can see how the dark humor would appeal to some, and the acting, especially by Janney of course, is good, but the movie is too dark for me.  Craig Gillespie directed.

Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore

Universal

February 16, 1996

Sports Comedy

DVD
D+

Yeah, another Sandler movie, here directed by Dennis Dugan, who'd do Big Daddy three years later.