The 12 Harshest Roger Ebert Takedowns Of Bad Sports Movies

JOHNNY BE GOOD (0.5 stars): "This movie is simply financial leakage, a squandering of resources equivalent to polluting a river or plowing under a rain forest. I'm serious. We're desperate for things to think about in this society, and these guys contribu

JUWANNA MANN (2 stars): "Hollywood never flags in its lack of invention; on July 3, we'll get Lil' Bow Wow in 'Like Mike,' as a small kid who stars in the NBA, with many of the same jokes appropriately adapted. What's next? A dog that plays basketball? On

EDDIE (1.5 stars): "The movie features a lot of pro basketball players, who mostly do a good job of playing sanitized, toned-down versions of real-life athletes. The movie might have had more fun being more real. I didn't for a moment believe the Knicks w

KAZAAM (1.5 stars): "As for Shaquille O'Neal, given his own three wishes the next time, he should go for a script, a director and an interesting character." (PolyGram)

ROCKY IV (1.5 stars): "Rocky IV" has many moments that are not believable. My favorite is the moment when Rocky faces Drago in the ring in Moscow, and the all-Russian crowd starts chanting "Rocky! Rocky!" Sure. Uh-huh. You bet. ... Stallone says this will

THE SCOUT (1.5 stars): "'The Scout' starts out as a terrific comedy, continues as a pointless drama, and ends as a cornball cliffhanger. Rarely does a movie start high and go downhill so fast. It's as if the filmmakers progressively lost their nerve with

MAJOR LEAGUE II (1.5 stars): "There's one bright spot: On the basis of this dismal attempt, the team will probably not be back next season." (Diamond Images/Getty Images)

THE SIXTH MAN (1.5 stars): "Let's not talk about how predictable it is. Let's talk about how dumb it is." (Getty Images)

D3: THE MIGHTY DUCKS (1 star): "'D3: The Mighty Ducks' is the first movie title I've seen that correctly predicts its grade on Entertainment Weekly's movie report card: a D." (Disney)

THE WATERBOY (1 star): "Do I have something visceral against Adam Sandler? I hope not. I try to keep an open mind and approach every movie with high hopes. It would give me enormous satisfaction (and relief) to like him in a movie. But I suggest he is mak

ROLLERBALL (0.5 stars): "'Rollerball' is an incoherent mess, a jumble of footage in search of plot, meaning, rhythm and sense. There are bright colors and quick movement on the screen, which we can watch as a visual pattern that, in entertainment value, f

THE REPLACEMENTS (2 stars): "It's like a standard sports movie, but with every point made twice or three times--as if we'd never seen one before. And the musical score provides such painstaking instructions about how to feel during every scene, it's like