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Dealin' with Idiots

2013 · 1h 26m · NOT RATED Comedy
Directed by Jeff Garlin

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Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colorful parents and coaches of the team better in an attempt to find the inspiration for his next movie.

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All reviews
37%
Tomatometer
Fresh

"Dealin' With Idiots," a sort of "Waiting for Guffman" for Little League, isn't a great movie, but it's a heck of a lot better than its title.

Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
Rotten

[A] flat, aimless comedy skewering the parents of junior baseball players.

Justin Chang, Variety
Rotten

The movie was largely improvised, which lends itself more to scenes than a feature-length film.

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Rotten

There are a few inspired moments, but Garlin goes for easy laughs, and the actors' broad improvisations often fall flat.

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten

This isn't actually a movie about kiddie sports - it's a movie about Garlin interviewing the other parents and players to see if there's an interesting movie to be made at all. Answer: There isn't.

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times

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