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Play It to the Bone
2000
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Play It to the Bone
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4
Negative reviews
9
Average Rating
2.3
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2.8
Both actors are likable to the bone, and, in a strange way, thats the problem with the movie.
EW
1.9
Why, in a silly comedy, did Shelton think he had to outdo Raging Bull in brutality
Rogerebert
1.5
There is something mean spirited here, something that leaves you with a sour taste in your mouth.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
Either Shelton knows this world well, or hes such a great bluffer it doesnt matter.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
Harrelson is the same way hes been in pretty much every post Cheers gig hes had: braying and obnoxious, to the point where you just want to smack him.
Eric Ds Nider
1.5
Unfortunately, Shelton doesnt do that here and this film ends up feeling like an overblown championship match that doesnt live up to its billing or th ..
Screen It
2.5
The completely predicable conclusion seems like it will never end.
Internet Reviews
2.5
Suffers from a meandering, anemic screenplay and ungainly structure.
Internet Reviews
1.9
Instead of a sharp satire of a subject ripe for parody professional boxing we get a tedious, unfunny road movie.
Mr Brown Movies
4.0
Play It to the Bone is surely going to be too raw for some audiences, but it does pack a punch.
Calendar Live
1.5
A tired and exhausted portrayal of masculinity with an underlying sense of homophobia and flippant misogyny.
Hollywood
2.5
Although Bone doesnt seem to have the pulse of its subject sport the way Sheltons previous films have, it still manages a respectable number of laughs ..
Spliced Wire
1.5
This shouldve been a labor of glove for Sheltons sharp observational wit and sports jones, but the film ultimately fails to land enough punches.
E Online
4.5
A lusty story of friendship and rivalry in the ring and in affairs of the heart.
Jam! Movies
1.5
Info Play It to the Bone Rated R. Happily, Shelton doesnt have Rocky V in mind.
Phoenix New Times
1.5
Play It to the Bone consists largely of a seemingly endless drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
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