Synopsis
With marriage, graduation, and the real world looming on the horizon, fifth year senior Caleb Fuller reassembles the ol' team of misfits for one last epic run in Intramural football.
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Cast
- Jake LacyCaleb
- Nikki ReedMeredith
- Kate McKinnonVicky
- Beck BennettDick
- Nick KocherGrant
- Brian McElhaneyChance
- Gabriel LunaVinnie
- Will ElliottGeorge
- Kirk C. JohnsonAce
- Sam EidsonJimmy
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
Besides a clever, blithely ribald script by Bradley Jackson, the movie benefits from a potent “Saturday Night Live”-empowered cast. - 78
Austin Chronicle
The jokes fly in the college intramural football comedy Balls Out like a fourth-down Hail Mary thrown deep toward the end zone: unpredictable, risky, and just a little desperate. But when they hit their marks – and make no mistake, the number of completed passes here is high – they score big laughs in the most unconventionally funny, weirdly absurd movie of the year. - 63
Slant Magazine
The film reveals itself as a sports movie actually attuned to the knowledge that victory in an inconsequential game bears no meaning. - 60
The Dissolve
The film’s greatest virtue is Disney’s ability to poke fun at sports-flick tropes while simultaneously embracing them. No cliché goes untackled; Disney and his first-stringers leave it all on the field. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
There’s some chuckleworthy meta-commentary about the absurdity of sports movies, but Balls Out feels more like a long sketch than a feature. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Hammering home every gag as if to make sure we don't miss them, Balls Out garners a few laughs but mostly seems far too taken with itself. - 38
Movie Nation
Sure, it’s basically one long testicles joke. But set your expectations low enough and you’ll find a laugh, here and there.
