5.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
BASEketball (1998)
BASEketball (1998)
Overview
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
5.1
Overview
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film critiques corporate greed and the commercialization of sports, championing the purity of competition and community values over profit.
The film "BASEketball" features a primarily traditional cast with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative does not critically portray traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film primarily focuses on the creation of a new sport and the friendship between two men. It lacks significant content depicting traditional family structures, marriage, or parenting norms, resulting in a neutral portrayal of family values.
The film portrays Father Pat, a Christian priest, as a bumbling and easily manipulated figure who engages in gambling and other non-clerical behaviors for comedic effect. This depiction contributes to a problematic and stereotypical view of a religious leader.
The film BASEketball does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on sports, celebrity culture, and crude humor, without engaging with queer identity in any capacity.
The film does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on two friends inventing a new sport, with humor derived from general absurdity and crude gags, rather than engaging with transsexual identity in any capacity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
BASEketball is an original film, and its characters were created specifically for this movie. There is no prior source material or historical basis to establish canonical genders for any characters before this film's release. No character in the film represents a gender swap.
The film BASEketball is an original production featuring characters created specifically for the movie. There are no pre-existing source materials or historical figures to establish a canonical race for any character, thus precluding a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.1
Critic Ratings
4.0
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