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Movie critics combined give Play It To the Bone (1999) a score of 2.1511 out of 4
based on (127) reviews
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Excellent
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(46)
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Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.28 out of 4 stars for Mr. Showbiz (Larry Terenzi)Mr. Showbiz (Larry Terenzi)
Shelton attempts to fashion a kind of road movie-love triangle-sports flick. He fails on all three counts. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Mr. Showbiz (Larry Terenzi)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Killer Ducky (--)Killer Ducky (--)
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Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (Kevin Stuart)Newsweek (Kevin Stuart)
A half-hearted comedy whose jokes are far from a knockout. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Newsweek (Kevin Stuart)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
A punch-drunk mess of a movie. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
You walk out of this movie scratching your head, saying, "Why did they make that?" It's not funny, it's not interesting, it's not exciting -- why were we supposed to want to see it? The answer is, you don't. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Sara Wildberger)Miami Herald (Sara Wildberger)
If you really love "Bull Durham," don't go near Play It to the Bone. It will break your heart. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Miami Herald (Sara Wildberger)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
In this movie, he (Shelton) falls so hard he becomes, for the first time in his career, genuinely offensive. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
1) We never see how Cesar (Antonio Banderas) and Vince (Woody Harrelson) meet. The two are so different from each other, that a scene of how this odd friendship developed should have been mandatory.2) Vince and Cesar argue every moment possible on their ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at IMDB.com
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
If any Tom, Dick, or Harry off the street had directed this movie, it would have to be acknowledged as a bad miscalculation. However, since it was written and directed by Ron Shelton -- the modern king of smart, funny, and knowing sports movies, who has ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data (--)ShowBIZ Data (--)
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Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Stephen Holden)New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Play It to the Bone is so constrained by its formulaic plot that the movie's juicy, freewheeling dialogue feels shoehorned into a story that makes more sense mathematically than psychologically. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Rita Kempley)Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
As dull as the decor in a Motel 6. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Are they fools or heroes? Because the movie can't decide, neither can we. And without an emotional payoff, Play It to the Bone ends up stranded in serio-comic limbo. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Does not live up to its name. It's more like White Men Can't Box, Either. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Time (Richard Schickel)Time (Richard Schickel)
Never achieves more than feckless amiability. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Variety (Robert Koehler)Variety (Robert Koehler)
A woefully under-realized story of small-time boxers enjoying perhaps their last moment in the spotlight. ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.75 out of 4 stars for Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
For the sake of this review, imagine a modern day version of a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "On the Road" movie with a Dorothy Lamour character along for the ride. Let’s send old Ski Nose and Bing to Las Vegas to box each other in a prize fight, only they ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Play It To the Bone (1999) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Cinematter (Matt Williams)Cinematter (Matt Williams)
It's a boxing movie. It's a road comedy. It's a love triangle. It's an utter disaster. It's Play it to the Bone. Cesar Dominguez (Antontio Banderas) and Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) are best friends, two has-been boxers well past their prime. Each ...read the complete Play It To the Bone movie review at Cinematter (Matt Williams)
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