Major League

Ward directs his actors as adroitly as he has written for them, and the vulnerability that he allows his three stars to reveal is really what makes the movie work.

It skims along agreeable surfaces, expertly balancing its comedy with melodrama and fulfilling expectations right on schedule.

It has its moments, but it also has long, slow stretches where you feel like standing up and wandering around and maybe going out to hunt up a beer. That's fine for baseball, but it's not the way movies are supposed to work.

Somebody should tell Ward that winning isn't everything. Character is. And this is what his movie lacks.

If you're looking for sophisticated wit keep going, but Major League is pleasant, undemanding fun.

Major League doesn't try too hard or aim too high, but it is pretty funny.

Over 35 years after its release, the hysterical Major League remains one of the best baseball movies ever made.

It's hard to believe that this fun, creative film is turning thirty years old but it still stands the test of time and is a joy to watch.

Amiable but predictable.

Sheen, as an ace fireball pitcher called Wild Thing by the adoring fans, is excellent; so is Bernsen as a star-struck third baseman, whose portfolio is more important that a hard grounder in the hole.