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To me, this movie is perfection.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Lovely film, just saw it on Netflix. Paul Kaye is a much underrated comedic actor. Great cameos. Not a contentious bone in its body. I particularly like the way it captures summer in a slightly grainy and slightly gray way. Exactly like a British summer. It goes through the usual plot contrivances you'd expect from what is essentially a sports film, with a sense of gentle satire. The villain of the piece is well cast, too. It feels like it was made around 20 years before it was, but that's not a bad thing. Don't expect it to rock your world, however. It's a very British comedy with swearing.

I picked this up from a used bin at a shop in Greenwich along with Mike Bassett England Football Manager, & smuggled it home to the States hidden in box of Whizzo chocolates. I watched it with friends chosen for twisted senses of humor, & we got quite a few laughs out of it, and although Vince Vaughn was a real low point, James Cromwell was a high point. Last week I was in Valdemart, & there it was in the remainders bin as "National Lampoon's Blackball" for $5.00. New, with a couple of different extras. That was rather odd, but hey, it's an odd movie, but I'm glad I own it, & not at all mad that I paid 7.50GBP for it. At least my copy isn't stuffed with stupid previews like most all American disc are. Thank God for region-free DVD players!!

OK So black ball is a film about bowls! A film that contains lots of obscenity such as words that describe things people do when they are alone and watching films of an adult nature. I myself am doing a degree in film studies. Us Brits have a bit of a problem we are trying to be the Americans the major difference is that we ain't. This film is a feel good movie, simple as. I left feeling happy and contented. We can look deeply and describe what it wasn't so it wasn't Basic Instinct, wasn't Any Given Sunday, wasn't Gladiator. For me it achieved everything it set out to you laughed? If you didn't then you obviously probably find Schindler's List comic. Mel Smith is a comedian and I think a clever one, yes some of the jokes were immature. But for me it had a feeling of Ballykissangel or Monarch of the Glen about it. So come on guys lighten up watch it again and this time let it wash over you don't come up with expectations of a clever political comedy like Wag the Dog because it just ain't there. This is a film that takes you through the trials and tribulations of a person who only finds out what he's gained when he loses it. The two Australian bowlers remind me slightly of the American Athens 4 x 100 metre team all confident winking at the camera. Right until a cheeky Brit goes and nips them at the post.My advice experience this film, watch it with some mates a beer or a glass of wine and laugh at it. Its funny and stop being hyper critical and come out of the intellectual coffins the British film industry has been slipping into.

This film is good. No really it is. Okay so I know some people thought it was a load of old boll..I mean er...'twaddle', but it's really not! It's one of those films people think is rubbish, but that's just because they're not seeing the big picture. It's like when people say that Peter Kay isn't funny. They're just missing the jokes because they're too stupid! That's all. What a bunch of goons eh? So if you're open to humour, then you'll find this hilarious and interesting. And I'm probably making a really crap attempt at reviewing this. Hmm.I liked the story. I thought it was different and charming in the way that Cliff was a poor boy who only had bowls to give him ambition. And even though he acted like a bit of an idiot and was annoying, he still has a charm about him. And I can't really think of anything else to say, except it is funny and good. The bit with the pepsi can amused me (watch it to find out!) and also the bits with Johnny Vegas.Okay, so maybe the bowls match at the end goes on a bit and is a bit far fetched the way the English are losing so miserably only to go on to turn it around so dramatically..but overall it's good.One negative thing though: Kerry's hair looks like a wig and she's a bit of a goon. Apart from that it's very good! So as Cliff Starkey would say; Come on!