4.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Balls Up (2026)
Balls Up (2026)
Overview
Balls Up is a raunchy action comedy directed by Peter Farrelly. Marketing executives Brad Lewison (Mark Wahlberg) and rival Elijah DeBell (Paul Walter Hauser) pitch a bold condom product at the World Cup Final, sparking an international incident that forces them to escape Brazil. Sacha Baron Cohen plays Pavio Curto Bundchen. Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the film premiered on Amazon Prime Video.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
4.6
Overview
Balls Up is a raunchy action comedy directed by Peter Farrelly. Marketing executives Brad Lewison (Mark Wahlberg) and rival Elijah DeBell (Paul Walter Hauser) pitch a bold condom product at the World Cup Final, sparking an international incident that forces them to escape Brazil. Sacha Baron Cohen plays Pavio Curto Bundchen. Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the film premiered on Amazon Prime Video.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around comedic chaos from American antics abroad, without advancing any political ideology. Its focus on juvenile escapades over social critique establishes a neutral political stance.
Visible diversity appears in the supporting cast through Latino actors suited to the film's Brazilian and Argentine locales. The narrative centers on white male leads in a comedic escapade, with a minor theme of cultural unity via soccer but no pointed critique of traditional identities.
Secondary
Gay panic tropes dominate the film's humor, with straight bros' discomfort over homoerotic condom antics driving jokes. Absent are any affirming LGBTQ+ characters or themes, leaving queer elements as punchlines for mockery in a lowbrow comedy.
The film contains no depictions of family structures, roles, or values, focusing instead on a buddy comedy adventure between two male colleagues. The absence of any family-related content results in a neutral portrayal.
The film contains no identifiable transgender characters or themes.
Female characters include a profane boss and an eco-activist who kills poachers off-screen with unspecified methods, plus a defense attorney providing legal aid. The film features chases and pursuits by mobs and criminals, but no depictions of women defeating men in hand-to-hand or melee combat.
Balls Up presents an original story of marketing executives causing a World Cup scandal, with no adaptations, biopics, or legacy characters involving gender changes.
Balls Up is an original comedy with newly created characters lacking prior canonical or historical racial baselines. Casting aligns with original portrayals, resulting in no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.6
5.8
Critic Ratings
N/A
3.4
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