Balls Up

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Balls Up

R

2026

1h 44m

Comedy

Adventure

Action

Crime

Sports

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In this raunchy, over-the-top comedy, marketing executives Brad (Mark Wahlberg) and Elijah (Paul Walter Hauser) go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.

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Critics Consensus

Balls Up, thumbs down.

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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

Apr 27

1.5/5

This alleged comedy has all the structural and performance elements required to create humour, but is stunningly unfunny.

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John Nugent

Empire Magazine

Apr 17

1/5

As far as titles go, Balls Up is about right. This is a disaster.

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Calum Marsh

New York Times

Apr 16

There are slapstick foibles, sight gags about rubbers, and many, many vulgar jokes — some good for a laugh, though I doubt the film's Oscar prospects.

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Lael Loewenstein

FilmWeek (LAist)

May 7

The film does itself no favors from the first minutes.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

May 1

62/100

Mostly this film works, at least on some base level, thanks to the talent involved,and the basic understanding of how to embrace a dumb concept for even dumber laughs. there is something about Balls Up.

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Whang Yee Ling

The Straits Times (Singapore)

Apr 27

2/5

The lo-jinks are dumb and dumber in a tedious farce.

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Serena C.

@scortina 13h

Wtf did I just watch? This wasn’t funny AT ALL. Waste of time. I laughed ONCE because of Sacha but even he was barely funny in this film.

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Becca B

@FudgeKitty 1d

This movie is not funny: it is stupid and embarrassing. It has "teenage boy" type of humor. I can't believe Amazon wasted money making this disaster. The only reason I saw the whole movie was because I had to for Amazon preview. Otherwise, I would have stopped watching it in the first 10 minutes. Don't waste your time.

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Ryan A.

@RT23050243 2d

Haven’t finished it yet but can’t really get into it, I’m so confused, in a year when the World Cup is meant to be in America, why was this not set in America or at least Mexico. Not sure on the whole premise either of the reason they are there, just felt they made it that for childish humour

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Fernanda B

@RT44120168 2d

Um excelente entretenimento, não costumo gostar de comédia mas esta foi surpreendente.

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Deron B.

@DapigeonOne 2d

Despite poor reviews I'm always going to try out a goofy comedy. I actually enjoyed the team up here and felt there were plenty of great classic comedy moments. It's one of those it's so bad it's good and I think that's the point. The general public takes movies like this too serious but for a turn your brain off comedy it's great.

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Daniel C.

@danimal2090 3d

If you love a good laugh…this isn’t for you. Poor script, poor acting, a horrible story. Just bad

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Peter Farrelly

Director

Mark Wahlberg

Brad

Paul Walter Hauser

Elijah

Daniela Melchior

Isabella Costa

Sacha Baron Cohen

Actor

Benjamin Bratt

Actor

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Synopsis

In this raunchy, over-the-top comedy, marketing executives Brad (Mark Wahlberg) and Elijah (Paul Walter Hauser) go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.

Director: Peter Farrelly
Producer: David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Andrew J. Muscato, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese
Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese
Distributor: Prime Video
Production Co: Amazon MGM Studios
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Action, Crime, Sports
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 15, 2026
Runtime: 1h 44m