Rotten
It's forgettable matinee fodder.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Overview
Jack Cooper could be a world-class baseball pitcher if he didn't keep buckling under the pressure. He tries to keep his spirits up after he's traded to a minor league team but loses all hope when he discovers that Ed, one of his teammates, is a chimp. Ed used to be the team mascot, but was promoted to third base when the owners realized he had a talent for baseball. As Jack struggles to get used to his new surroundings, Ed helps him regain his confidence on and off the field.
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Rotten
Might tolerably amuse the under-10 crowd, but will prove borderline intolerable for everyone else.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Rotten
The movie is breathtakingly unadventurous, with its cheesy story line, hackneyed ballpark-fable sentiments, "adorable" animal and collection of one-dimensional human nincompoops, headed by Matt LeBlanc
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
Mr. LeBlanc ... is so blank that the only impression he makes is of having teeth that are very large and unnaturally white.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Why Bill Couturie, who produced the affecting AIDS-quilt docu Common Threads, took on this howler is as mysterious as the theory of evolution. Why LeBlanc gave up hiatus for the role is as mysterious as Hollywood.
Entertainment Weekly
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