There seem to be more events that have turned many people into Mexico. These are the events that resulted from the poverty of Monterrey, Mexico, where a group of boys Ragheth became the first non-US baseball team to win the World Junior League championship thanks to the guidance of Clifton Collins Junior at those critical moments.
[From] the second minute of the movie I knew every single thing that was going to happen and there was not a single surprise.
ComingSoon.net
April 25, 2011
It's hard not to root for an underdog, especially a relentlessly optimistic one, and the reality is Game has a lot of heart. But not much in the way of legs.
Anyone much older than, say, 10, will likely find the underdog saga sappy and manipulative, not to mention filled with sports movie cliches, including the following statement: "It will take a miracle to make them into a real team."
The Perfect Game proves that you don't always have to reach for lofty heights to work. It's certainly not a classic. It's a simple pleasure for those times when that's all you need.
It's an unabashedly corny but occasionally stirring dramedy based on the true-life story of scrappy young baseball players from Mexico.
New York Times
April 16, 2010
So overwhelmed by its own based-on-actual-events tale that it can't find the tone to tell it effectively.
CinemaBlend.com
August 13, 2010
Packed with everything you'd want from an inspiring sports story. The pieces aren't put together as neatly as one would hope, but the film easily achieves the intended effect.
