The critic consesnsus is: It's bogged down with an unfocused script and countless sports movie cliches, but The Perfect Game still manages to charm with its unabashed sweetness and a stirring final act.. What reviews supported this critic consensus?
1. No ironic detachment for William Dear's latest film: It may have every cliché in the book, but The Perfect Game means everything it says.
2. It's all stencil work without a single touch of novelty, inspiration or originality.
3. The Perfect Game proves that you don't always have to reach for lofty heights to work. It's certainly not a classic. It's a simple pleasure for those times when that's all you need.
4. A welcome addition to the expanding genre of baseball films.
5. 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.
6. Packed with everything you'd want from an inspiring sports story. The pieces aren't put together as neatly as one would hope, but the film easily achieves the intended effect.
7. Notable only for being a catalog of just about every kid-pic cliche' ever committed to film.
8. The Perfect Game is an earnest tribute, but the story could have been rendered more convincingly.
9. 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.
10. This movie is what's known as family entertainment, which means in this case that it's interesting and harmless.