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Avg. Critic Score: 57 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Bernie Mac gives a funny and kind of touching performance as a man who attains greatness once and then has to do it again. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    This tale of a lovable jerk who learns the meaning of sacrifice should capitalize on its star's sitcom popularity to hit one out of the park. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Good-looking and smooth, with a great soundtrack. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times |

    If there was any question about how well Bernie Mac's charm, demonstrated in stand-up comedy and on his Fox sitcom, would play on the big screen, the news is good: no problem. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Scott Brown

    It's a canned clip reel of Heartwarming Sports Comedy, intermittently redeemed by its easygoing boomer vibe. And at its center is the redoubtable Bernie Mac, nicely aged, as he says, ''like USDA beef.'' Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Carla Meyer

    The always fierce Bassett is a little too fierce here, reacting with unwarranted emotion to each romantic twist and turn. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Mr. 3000 isn't nearly as fun as an afternoon of America's Pastime. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety |

    Never generates enough laughs to escape the infield. It doesn't help that this is a sports movie that lacks any suspense or dramatic tension about what transpires on the field, and Mac plays such a self-absorbed jerk through most of the film that rooting interest is minimal. Read full review

  • 40
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Mac manages to find some moments of comedy within a movie that often feels like it's going into extra innings Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post |

    The script is much like a nine-inning sitcom that uses an obvious formula to tell a familiar story while garnering cheap laughs. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Bernie Mac carries this risqué minor league film.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has strong language for a PG-13, with a wider range of bad words than normally occur in movies of this kind. There are a series of jokes about the inability of a Japanese ballplayer to curse correctly. The movie has non-explicit sexual situations and explicit sexual references. Characters discuss what made sex with each other the best either of them had ever had and make Viagra jokes. There's a reference to an alcohol abuse problem, and there are many scenes in a bar. A strength of the movie is the portrayal of intelligent and capable African-American and female characters.
  • Families can talk about why Stan did not care about his team and what made him realize how his behavior had affected other people. How would he have reacted if someone had spoken to him the way he spoke to T. Rex? How did Mo's not having faith in Stan make him feel? What makes people feel like a team?
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Comic violence includes a ball hit into the pitcher's crotch, threats.
  • sex false5 Sex: Explicit sexual references, non-explicit sexual situations.
  • language false3 Language: Strong language for a PG-13.
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Viagra and other products mentioned by name.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking, scenes in bar.
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