Critic Reviews

• Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

  Notable only for being a catalog of just about every kid-pic cliche' ever committed to film.

• Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

  Director William Dear is not one to miss a sentimental beat.

• A.O. Scott, At the Movies

  [From] the second minute of the movie I knew every single thing that was going to happen and there was not a single surprise.

• Joe Leydon, Variety

  It's an unabashedly corny but occasionally stirring dramedy based on the true-life story of scrappy young baseball players from Mexico.

• Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

  So overwhelmed by its own based-on-actual-events tale that it can't find the tone to tell it effectively.

• Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

  Anyone much older than, say, 10, will likely find the underdog saga sappy and manipulative, not to mention filled with sports movie cliches, including the following statement: "It will take a miracle to make them into a real team."

• James Plath, Movie Metropolis

  A welcome addition to the expanding genre of baseball films.

• Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

  It's easy to praise the film's gushing heart, which might be enough to satisfy less demanding viewer in the mood for a few smiles and cheers; a sparkling tale of baseball triumph ideally issued during the heart of the season.

• Joshua Starnes, ComingSoon.net

  It's hard not to root for an underdog, especially a relentlessly optimistic one, and the reality is Game has a lot of heart. But not much in the way of legs.

• Tim Avery, Christianity Today

  The Perfect Game is an earnest tribute, but the story could have been rendered more convincingly.

• Paul Chambers, CNNRadio

  A very slow and terrible film. This little league baseball story is so full of holes, that even diehard fans of the game would be hard pressed to sit through it. Paul Chambers, CNN.

• Liz Braun, Jam! Movies

  This movie is what's known as family entertainment, which means in this case that it's interesting and harmless.

• Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

  A perfect family movie.

• Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media

  Sentimental, inspiring tale about Little League underdogs.

• Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide

  There has been only one perfect game in the history of the Little League World Series, and the story is as unlikely and as perfect as any underdog sports-movie fairy tale.

• Mark Dujsik, Mark Reviews Movies

  The script's focus is all over the place, and it surely doesn't help that each uplifting moment of this underdog story feels contrived and cloying.

• Nell Minow, Beliefnet

  Think of it as the "Good News Bears."

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