Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Boring

Beautiful, moving film.

If you like people making fart jokes and drinking beer. This movie probably still isn't for you because they attempt to do that but still fail. Couple good giggles here and there but mostly dry and poor jokes. If you fall asleep during this movie. Don't feel bad. 10 minutes basically sums it all up.

Watching this movie was one of the highlights of the year. Being from England, you never really can get a handle on soft-ball/base-ball. However, the character of Artie was brilliant. An endearing slob, who seems to take a break from the harsh realities of life, but clings to a team, that gives dimension to his existence.The adult-centred jokes, pressures and incidents carrys this movie, with rude, crude and hilarious moments. It also shone a light on the under-side of New Jersey with mis-fits, never-do-wells and cynics who live up to a reputation foisted upon them from popular TV Shows.The crowning piece of comedy has to belong to the bachelor party episode and the aftermath of it, in which Artie's approach to life rebounds spectacularly on to him. His self-loathing and immature personality nearly wrecks the very thing he holds dear, his new found partner and his closest friends.However, he has a nemesis to defeat and a monkey on his back to remove. Although he does not get it all...Artie certainly gets what matters most. Love and honour. A must see film for adults over 18. It is a film that men - especially blue collar...can certainly identify with.

It's amazing when people get on a website and rip a movie like "Beer League" as if they were expecting "Citizen Kane" when they went to the movies. Beer League involves the heated rivalry between two men's softball teams in New Jersey; Ed's Beer and Swill (featuring Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio and assorted others) and Manganelli Construction, a four time league champion. After yet another collective trip to the police station following a brawl, it is decided the team with the worst record between the two at season's end will be thrown out of the league. Lange & Company band together and show resolve to reach the title game vs.Manganelli. Guess who wins? I thought the movie was funny- even hilarious in spots. Beer League never tries to be anything other than what it is; a bawdy comedy with plenty of crude humor, sexual misconduct and vulgarity. Little was required in the acting department, as Lange is essentially playing himself. Fans of his stand-up act and Howard Stern appearances will not be disappointed. There are welcome cameos by Sopranos bit player Frank Pellegrino and series regular Joseph Gannascoli. And Seymour Cassel turns in a great performance as the team's old, foul-mouthed pitcher, Dirt.Lange's real life drug and alcohol use- parodied and boasted about in nearly everything he does- will hopefully not have tragic consequences as it has for so many others in the world of comedy. This movie works, however, and is good for a few belly laughs along the way.

I'd heard bad things about Beer League, even from the faithful on the Howard Stern show. Sophomoric humor and dumb jokes that Artie should have been ashamed to put on the screen (he's much better than that). Well, I decided to take the plunge. I rented this and another comedy in the same night, and decided to watch this first to get it out of the way. I was pleasantly surprised--it was actually an enjoyable flick! It wasn't wonderful, but then it didn't try to be. It was basically about a bunch of goombaas from northern New Jersey who enjoy playing softball with each other, and the complications that occur when they vie for a championship with a team headed by Artie's arch-nemesis. Throw in a love interest and you've got a clichéd, hackneyed, predictable plot; but at the same time, these guys make it fun to watch. They never take themselves or the movie too seriously. Artie's the funniest, of course, and as his love life develops his character shows himself to be a sweet guy, too. All the characters love softball, but they also love each other, despite all the arguing they do. I agree with another reviewer--the main shortcoming is the direction. It wasn't tight enough--there were many beats that needed to be shorter. But I got used to it (maybe it's cause I'm from Jersey originally). All in all, not a bad way to spend 87 minutes. (One strange thing about the movie--despite the title, there is almost no beer in it!)