Major League: Back to the Minors

PG-13

1998

1 hr. 40 min.

Comedy

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21%

19 Reviews

Tomatometer

25%

5,000+ Ratings

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Minor league pitcher Gus Cantrell (Scott Bakula) is about to be put out to pasture when he is given the opportunity to do the next best thing: manage the South Carolina Buzz. The ailing baseball team is full of terrible players, but owner Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen) is banking on Cantrell to make a top-notch franchise out of them. While trying to work miracles on the wacky lineup, Cantrell butts heads with the uppity manager of the Minnesota Twins, resolving their conflict on the field.

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Casey P

Best of the Franchise by a mile Two Complaints though 1 should have used Moneyball theme at some point 2 And could have used Mel Gibson in some role

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/08/23

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Movie C

Well, hey, "Major League: Back To The Minors" was not the greatest movie ever made. Well, geez, was that expected? Sure, yes it was! This movie was just a not-so-good spinoff of the original movie. Sure, Scott Bakula is really funny in this movie, but he is one of the few high points. The whole plot is just troubled. A Minor League Team playing a Major League Team?! How does that happen?! I mean, I can tell the producers wanted to put in some creativity, but it went a little bit too far. Honestly, this movie, I would award a 4/10 stars to. I would award 10/10 stars for the original "Major League", and I would award 7/10 stars to "Major League II". If you want a comedy filled with slapstick and boring jokes, with a plot not even plausible, but with some funny moments (especially with Scott Bakula, I admire him), "Major League: Back To The Minors" could be the comedy for you!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Should have stopped after the first two

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/12/22

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Just completing collections, nothing to see here. This would be rated even lower if there wasn't a slight nostalgia factor with some of the returning characters, I'm looking at you Taka and Harry Doyle. I also enjoyed seeing a young Walton Goggins as the star player and Scott Bakula as the coach. The third installment in the Major League franchise is the least funny, delivering the most cliched plot and dialogue of the three, but still features Ted McGinley, so there is that. 3.5/10

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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While it doesn't live up to the original, it certainly blows it's predecessor out of the water. The franchise allows humor to be the primary tone again since '89 and is not always inaccurate when depicting low-level minor ball environments

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

This movie shouldn't exist. It's just an awful movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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John Warren

Director

Scott Bakula

Gus Cantrell

Corbin Bernsen

Roger Dorn

Dennis Haysbert

Pedro Cerrano

Takaaki Ishibashi

Taka Tanaka

Jensen Daggett

Maggie Reynolds

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Rated: 1/5

Mar 24, 2007

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Daniel M. Kimmel

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This third outing in the Major League series... won't set any box office records [b]ut it's an amusing film in its own right...

Rated: 2/5

Feb 8, 2004

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James Berardinelli

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Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Joshua Tyler

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Rated: 3/5

Mar 17, 2008

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Rated: 2/5

Nov 5, 2005

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Michael Szymanski

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Rated: 0/5

Sep 25, 2005

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Synopsis

Minor league pitcher Gus Cantrell (Scott Bakula) is about to be put out to pasture when he is given the opportunity to do the next best thing: manage the South Carolina Buzz. The ailing baseball team is full of terrible players, but owner Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen) is banking on Cantrell to make a top-notch franchise out of them. While trying to work miracles on the wacky lineup, Cantrell butts heads with the uppity manager of the Minnesota Twins, resolving their conflict on the field.

Director: John Warren
Executive Producer: Gary Barber, Michael I. Rachmil, Bill Todman Jr.
Screenwriter: David S. Ward, John Warren
Production Co: Warner Bros., Morgan Creek Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.6M
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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