Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
6 |
Fermilab should show Balls of Fury in its training program. |
Chicago Tribune
Gene Seymour |
5 |
Other than watching Walken indulge himself, it's kind of nice to see the veteran Hong lighting matchsticks beneath the Asian-guru stereotype. The rest is as disposable as aluminum cans. At this time of the year, maybe that's not much of a complaint either. |
E!
Alex Markerson |
6 |
This Ping-Pong-themed spoof of low-budget spy thrillers and martial-arts punchfests gets a few wicked shots in...but too often finds itself without a paddle. |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
4 |
The film's inconsequentiality isn't a matter of pedigree; it’s a matter of effort. |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
3 |
...a mostly unfunny, extremely silly pingpong comedy. |
TV Guide
Ken Fox |
5 |
...insistently ludicrous... |
Reel
Tim Knight |
3 |
It's official: Christopher Walken has joined Cuba Gooding Jr. in that Hollywood purgatory reserved for Oscar winners who'll do any script that comes across their agents' desks (or lands in their recycling bins) -- no matter how puerile or flat-out embarrassing. |
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager |
4 |
...a miscalculation... |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
0 |
...a joke of a title in search of a movie with a single good joke. It's the kind of comedy that finds Asian people hi-lar-ious because they're...Asian. (Are you laughing yet?) |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
3 |
Can summer please be over now? |
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust |
3 |
Goodness, gracious, there's no greatness in Balls of Fury, a lifeless pingpong comedy that ricochets from one flat gag to the next. The only novelty it can boast of is that it's a sports spoof without Will Ferrell. |
People
Leah Rozen |
6 |
...a wacky comedy. |
LA Weekly
Nathan Lee |
0 |
Balls of Fury is best viewed: A. At the multiplex. B. On an airplane. C. Loaded. D. Never. |
Village Voice
Nathan Lee |
0 |
Balls of Fury is best viewed: A. At the multiplex. B. On an airplane. C. Loaded. D. Never. |
Onion AV Club
Nathan Rabin |
4 |
...sloppy... |
Maxim
Pete Hammond |
3 |
...is just simply superbad! |
Premiere
Marilyn Smith |
5 |
Unfortunately, the all-too-familiar plot requires that the audience remain interested in the film's characters in order to remain invested in the movie. And ultimately even the strongest characters deliver mixed results. |
Christian Science Monitor
M.K. Terrell |
5 |
...an alternately hilarious and lame movie, but fairly inoffensive if one overlooks some breaches of political correctness and heavy reliance on shots to the groin. |
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