Fresh
... succeeds as a modest tribute to the kind of aging boys club that idles for hours in somebody's parents' rumpus room, its members tossing around big-man talk but trapped in emotional adolescence.
Erin Meister, Boston Globe
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
Second place is first place for losers
2004 · 1h 31m · Unrated
Comedy
Directed by
Brant Sersen
Overview
Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's a mildly amusing feature that takes a few too many potshots at some very broad targets.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
Corddry leads a game cast, but the film is rough around the edges and lacks the sophistication of, say, Christopher Guest's Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
While there's some dramatic interest in seeing how the story wraps, Blackballed pretty much wears out by midpoint.
Noel Murray, AV Club
Fresh
This spoof of sports biopics is essentially an extended improvisational skit, with a troupe of comics riffing on a central joke (the elevation of paintball to a noble calling).
Dana Stevens, New York Times
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