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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Romance /
Sport /
Music
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Director:
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Charles Stone III
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Actors:
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Michael Rispoli,
Chris Noth,
Evan Jones,
Earl Billings,
Dondre Whitfield,
Neil Brown Jr.,
Scott Martin Brooks,
David Devey,
Bernie Mac,
Angela Bassett,
Brian J. White,
Ian Anthony Dale,
Amaury Nolasco,
Paul Sorvino,
Rich Komenich
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Duration:
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104 min.
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Rating:
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(5.6/10)73
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Plot Summary:
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Bernie Mac stars as an over-the-hill ballplayer who gets his comeuppance after assuming that his Entry of Fame plaque is in the bag. Stan Ross promptly loved the feign of baseball, playing with passion, energy, and every ounce of his consonant propensity. But somewhere along the acknowledge proceeding, the fame went to his prime minister. The self-centered star ended his career half-cocked, electrifying his teammates by way of selfishly quitting the business in the middle of a period, right after getting his 3000th hit -- the unofficial tone to baseball's Hired hall of Pre-e... minence. Instant, ten years later, three of Mr. 3000's hits have been disqualified, and the 47-year-obsolete over-of-shape former slugger attempts a comeback.
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Mr. 3000
The Bernie Mac of the irresistible Mr. 3000 is not the Bernie Mac of The Original Kings of Comedy or even Bad Santa. Be assured that he is very funny as an egotistical vintage baseball star attempting a comeback. But he also shows some range and resonance, and Bernie Mac is not even the whole show here. Director Charles Stone III and writers Eric Champnella, Keith Mitchell and Howard Michael Gould have reconfigured a sports movie plot to bring to it depth as well as laughter, and, better yet, made it unpredictable. These filmmakers don't shy away from unabashed sentiment, and they have a sturdy enough sense of how to shape a mainstream movie to sustain it.
In 1995 in the middle of a pennant race, Milwaukee Brewer star slugger Stan Ross (Bernie Mac) gets his 3,000th h...
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