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A Balasaur Score of 50 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 38%. Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,300 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Mel SmithDirector
- Tim FirthWriter
- Stephen WarbeckOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul KayeCliff Starkey
- Johnny VegasTrevor
- James CromwellRay Speight
- Bernard CribbinsMutley
- Alice EvansKerry
- Vince VaughnRick Schwartz
- Imelda StauntonBridget
- James FleetAlan the Pipe
- Kenneth CranhamChairman Collins
- Ian McNeiceHugh The Sideburns
- David RyallGiles Wilton
- Terry AldertonBouncer Jonno
Stills
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