Play It to the Bone

Play It to the Bone (2000)

  • 12% of critics liked it
    (78 reviews)

  • 29% of users liked it
    (9,982 ratings)

After covering baseball in Bull Durham, basketball in White Men Can't Jump. and golf in Tin Cup, writer, director, and obvious sports fan Ron Shelton takes on the world of boxing in this comedy. Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar Sota (Antonio Banderas) are close friends and aspiring boxers… More

R, 2 hr. 4 min.
Directed By
Ron Shelton
Written By
Ron Shelton
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 24, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Aug 28, 2001

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Keogh, Film.com

    This is still Ron Shelton in good -- not great, but good -- form here, and the rewards are plentiful.

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

    Lacks the pizazz of Shelton's best stuff.

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    Play It to the Bone isn't going to be a contender.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    By the end, the fight means everything to them and virtually nothing to us.

  • Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle

    OK for laughs but less OK for emotional investment with the characters, who feel more like comic constructs than the real-feeling guys.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lucas M


    Awful, unfunny comedy and not good drama that just make you lost time and an opportunity of watch a really great film. Rotten.

  • danny d


    really fun flick to watch if you wanna see something brainless but entertaining

  • Michael G


    I didn't despise it but I didn't give it another thought until I typed this up.

  • Leo L


    Great!

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