Synopsis
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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Cast
- Jeff GarlinMax Morris
- Mindy RicklesShelley
- Dave SheridanForrest
- Jami GertzRosie
- Gina GershonSophie
- Bob OdenkirkCoach Jimbo
- Richard Kind
- Nia Vardalos
- J.B. Smoove
- Xolo MariduenaManny
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The film is a consistently funny gem with moments of inspired lunacy. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Garlin doesn’t discover anything new about this well-documented phenomenon. But rounding up his (under-employed) comic pals and turning them loose on Little League is funny enough by itself. - 60
The Dissolve
Dealin’ With Idiots is at its strongest when it forgets about plot and character development altogether (which is most of the time) and gives itself over to the laid-back pleasure of improvisation among veteran professionals finding and exploring a good groove together. - 50
RogerEbert.com
More disappointing, the performances just aren't quite as funny and focused as they should be. Willard and Kind are both very funny guys when they are used right, but they both seem a bit at sea here, and their characters never come into sharp focus. - 50
The New York Times
Mr. Garlin has such a soft touch that at times the film feels feather-light, almost devoid of emotional traction. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The problem is, despite the fact that the cast is filled with a gallery of veteran comic performers, few of the characters they portray are very interesting. - 40
Village Voice
Years of HBO seasoning has given Garlin and his cast a sure touch and great timing...but the whole project is mean-hearted and lazy, and it dawdles in repetition and dead air as if it's got a 14-show TV season to spin out. - 40
Time Out
Essentially an overlong, off-brand episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
