When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed.
Major League doesn't try too hard or aim too high, but it is pretty funny.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
16 Mar 2011
rotten:
Somebody should tell Ward that winning isn't everything. Character is. And this is what his movie lacks.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
20 Mar 2013
rotten:
It has its moments, but it also has long, slow stretches where you feel like standing up and wandering around and maybe going out to hunt up a beer. That's fine for baseball, but it's not the way movies are supposed to work.
– Elizabeth Maupin,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar 2013
fresh:
It skims along agreeable surfaces, expertly balancing its comedy with melodrama and fulfilling expectations right on schedule.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2014
fresh:
Ward directs his actors as adroitly as he has written for them, and the vulnerability that he allows his three stars to reveal is really what makes the movie work.