BASEketball
Two Milwaukee slackers turn a driveway mash-up of basketball and baseball into a professional sports revolution threatened by profit-driven rule changes.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- sardonic
- juvenile
- late night comedy
- sports movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the inventive sports premise and occasional comic zip overwhelmed by sophomoric gags, weak performances, and clumsy writing.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Coop and Remer create baseketball, then defend its egalitarian league rules against an owner's proposed changes.
Coop and Remer move from driveway play to professional stardom while money and business interests threaten their partnership.
The film combines David Zucker's broad comic direction with crude gags, mascots, stadium spectacle, and childish protagonists.
The Milwaukee Beers stand against the Dallas Felons owner's attempt to change the league's equal-pay and fixed-city principles.
Films like BASEketball, and why
The Naked Gun
shares broad spoof comedy, juvenile humor, and David Zucker-style comic escalation
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
shares sports satire, absurd competition, and irreverent ensemble comedy
Team America: World Police
shares crude buddy comedy, underdog teamwork, and exaggerated institutional satire
The Benchwarmers
shares invented-sport premise, broad physical comedy, and outsider protagonists
Movie Details
- Director
- David Zucker
- Release Date
- 1998-07-28
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (681)
Cast
- Trey Parker
- Matt Stone
- Dian Bachar
- Yasmine Bleeth
- Jenny McCarthy
- Ernest Borgnine
- Robert Vaughn
- Trevor Einhorn
- Bob Costas
- Al Michaels
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is BASEketball about?
- Two Milwaukee slackers turn a driveway mash-up of basketball and baseball into a professional sports revolution threatened by profit-driven rule changes.
- What is BASEketball like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of BASEketball as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is BASEketball violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in BASEketball as mild.
- What did critics think of BASEketball?
- Critics broadly found the inventive sports premise and occasional comic zip overwhelmed by sophomoric gags, weak performances, and clumsy writing.
- Which films are like BASEketball?
- Films with a similar feel include The Naked Gun, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, Team America: World Police, and The Benchwarmers.
- How long is BASEketball?
- BASEketball runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch BASEketball?
- In United States, BASEketball is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
