Review of Beer League (2006) by Chris W — 15 May 2010

Artie DeVanzo (Artie Lang), an unemployeed, down on his luck drunk and his band of misfits that he plays softball with. The movie is follows his softball team as they play to have a better record then the team that Arties high school nemesis, the womanizing Dennis Mangenelli (Anthony DeSando) plays for. The team with the best record gets to stay in the league and the other team has to leave the league. There is also the subplot that follows Maz (Ralph Macchio) as he prepared to get married to Dennis' cousin.

Now, I'm as big a fan of Artie Lang as the next guy but I really think that he should stick to stand up and hopefully return to the Howard Stern show. Funny that Artie Lang's character is named Artie (maybe so he could remember who was who). Also interesting that Arties character was a one time longshoreman and his father was a cable installer, both of which parallel his real life. Artie Lang basically moves thru this movie, throwing out perfectly set up one liners and doesn't show any real acting ability.

Oh...and what the heck was Ralph Macchio doing in this movie? In Beer League, Ralph Macchio's character is getting married so it opens up the opportunity for plenty of nudity in the film during his bachelor party.

No one in this movie seemed to be able to act, all of the lines were delivered horribly. Also, a lot of drug use that was really not necessary to forward the story. Really, a very bad movie. In my opinion, the only funny stuff was they way that Artie's mother seemed to get in the way each time he was about to get lucky.

HOT GIRL ALERT - Lot's of naked girls hired as "whores" for Maz's bachelor party but most of these girls aren't really too attractive. Cara Buono is pretty hot as Artie's girlfriend Linda and is featured in some pretty revealing outfits.

So...I give it a 2 out of 10. Bad movie, bad acting...basically a waste of time. Skip it!

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