Synopsis
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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Cast
- Matt LeBlancJack "Deuce" Cooper
- Gene RossRed
- Paul HewittBucky
- Sage AllenCooper's Mother
- Stan IvarCooper's Father
- Jim O'HeirArt
- Rick JohnsonKurt 'Crush' Bunyon
- Valente RodriguezJesus Rodriquez
- Jack WardenChubb
- Bill CobbsTipton
Recommendations
- 50
Chicago Sun-Times
If you haven't already guessed, Ed is not a great movie. What it is is a fun way to spend 1 1/2 hours not thinking. [15 Mar 1996, p.33] - 50
Baltimore Sun
About on the level of an After School Special put together by people in a real hurry to get on with their lives, Ed plays pretty dead for all except the very dumb at heart. - 38
Chicago Tribune
The biggest script flaw is the curious lack of cause and effect in the relationship between Jack and Ed. - 38
USA Today
Put an infinite number of monkeys in front of an infinite number of word processors, and one of them may indeed write War and Peace, as the old theory goes. But more likely, they'll come up with something like David Mickey Evans' screenplay for Ed. [15 Mar 1996, p.5D] - 30
Variety
Almost painfuly modest in its ambition and accomplishment, this slow-pitch offering might tolerably amuse the under-10 crowd, but will prove borderline intolerable for everyone else. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
It's forgettable matinee fodder. - 25
Washington Post
Ed...is thrown together with such little concern for originality or its audience, it's appalling. - 20
Los Angeles Times
What makes Ed such a dreary experience is that literally no one here seems to be trying--someone came up with the hey-let's-put-a-monkey-in-funny-outfits idea and no more creative meetings were called.
