So I Watched Lady Ballers...
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2023
- The trailer for Lady Ballers, the Daily Wire's controversial new sports comedy, seemed to cause quite a stir. And now that the movie itself is out, I figured I'd take a look and find out of its actually any good.
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This is why I trust your opinion on film. You don't give a free pass just for being conservative, nor do you hate it because it's liberal.
Sounds like a typical woman. Clucking but saying nothing.
Woke*
These Hollywood films aren’t liberal they are mostly left as they push far left talking points
Picking sides doesn’t solve the problem.
It would be stupid to say all movies on 1 side are bad and all movies on other are fantastic. Nobody wins if movie is bad no matter on which spectrum movie is leaning
you should take most opinions from centrists, just centrists nowadays can seem far more controversial because of how extreme both sides have become
This shows Drinker is genuine with what he says. Interviewed with Ben and the director but still critique the movie no different than any other film. Thanks for the video and hell yeah brother
Yes, Drinker is true to his core. I've got news for you... Drinker might not be a radical leftist but he is a leftist!
I really appreciated that. It shows Will is the real deal
Even if it is just a big F U to the other side that's funny enough for me.
@HeluvaOfficialshoo spambot
Literally what's destroying other channels rn. Honesty isn't mean or an attack, especially if the person is a friend/ friendly giving another friend an honest critique of their creative endeavor. Steel sharpens steel.
South Park did this like 5 years and it was hell funny
Don’t compare South Park to whatever this is. South Park would win every time 😂 they’ve cemented themselves in comedy history. They’re on both sides because they’re reasonable they make a realistic trans character Garrison then make fun of an also realistic trans character the fricking bodybuilder that became trans to torment strong woman lol. They know the world isn’t black and white and that’s what this joke of a movie gets wrong.
South park did it way better
Because they understood that it's scummy to find loopholes in rules to succeed. Here? It's "TRANS ATHLETE BAD BECAUSE POWER OF THE PENIS GREATER THAN TRAINING!"
I guess the Daily Wire will stop complaining about politics in movies now, because they put politics in their own movies.
Yeah, but the difference is Hollywood and Disney will put politics in movies where it isn’t appropriate, when putting politics in this movie was appropriate… considering it was a political satire.
@@ThisIsBoogieJar the movie only satires in one direction so its inappropriate. An appropriate satire takes the piss out of both sides because it isn't politically biased.
@@madpuppet666who made you the Satire Sargeant?
@@willow1698the guy I was responding to did
@@ThisIsBoogieJar According to DailyWire it wasnt. It was intended as a comedy for the average viewer. Which it decidedly isnt.
Robert Downey's performance in Tropic Thunder is definitely a top 5 comedy performance of all time and possibly a top 10 performance of any genre all time. It was amazingly funny
That movie in its entirely is highlarious. Tom Cruise as Les Grossman is one of his best roles
I have seen it over a dozen times. Robert Downey crush that role.
Yes
Wish I saw that instead of this tbh
"What do you mean... you people?!" 🤣🤣
Videos like this are exactly why I trust and respect your views. You didn't avoid talking about the film, you didn't insult it for doing something controversial, and you didn't give it unmitigated praise just because it had things you agreed with in it. This felt like a very fair review and it was still an entertaining watch.
giving a pass to transphobic propaganda from a white-supremacist organization is not the positive thing you think it is...
He was significantly kinder to this garbage film than any Disney movie that's come out. And those are objectively all way better than this crap, despite the political leanings. it is amateurish garbage.
@@0ldarwhat someone can accomplish as an amateur deserves more praise than what the greatest movie studio of all time can no longer do. If an amateur basketball player loses 12-21 against prime LeBron in 1v1, most basketball fans would probably give credit to the amateur. LeBron shouldn’t be letting a nobody score that much on him. The comparison being that we expect great things from Disney and they’ve been completely subpar lately if not outright bad. A new movie studio that just happens to be well funded doing something not only passable, but outright decent and watchable is something promising to withness
@@0ldar A 6/10 movie made by a bunch of amateurs with 0 experience and a decently high budget is a heck of a lot more impressive than the dozens of 6.5/10 movies made by a multi-billion dollar company with 100 years of pedigree behind them.
@@0ldar No, this film wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either, and that makes it better than all the garbage put out by Disney lately.
Thats why I enjoyed South park into the panderverse. Im neither political nor conservative and panderverse made fun of both sides.
It was fun
“ neither politican nor conservative” is so funny and true
@hm-sg9sm Um...Aren't conservatives politicians? It's not just liberals who are political.
The exact review I was looking for. Thank you.
I just watched it . Your review was fair and accurate . At $7million though , it definitely gives Hollywood a rude awakening , because this would have cost them $100 Million and be worse .
Worse is an understatement. Hollywood would have churned out a pile of radioactive dog waste matter.
Really great point!!
there is literally no universe where this movie would be 100 million lmfao
@@Dr.Frogerston Disney universe, it would be 200 million
@@Dr.Frogerston Well, depending on actors hired, or if they'd animate it, the budget could balloon out of control.
I’m glad you had the GUTS to review this . Most “reviewers “ won’t touch this film because they are afraid of offending their fan base and are just cowards. You can separate the politics and just judge it as a FILM. Thanks.
It's not just reviewers who aren't touching this film, it seems almost nobody has even heard of it.
@@xuvial1391 true ! But if there were more people reviewing it , then there would be more awareness .
Seriously? I’ve seen multiple channels covering the movie. It’s red meat for magas.
the same reviewers who think cuties is a good movie about sexualizing children. Not like the 1st trans MMA fighter almost killed a women in IRL.
Uh, politics is the whole point of the film. If you separate the politics there isn't really anything left.
Thank you for your unbiased opinion. I actually really enjoyed it. Brought me back to my 20s.
I cant tell if this is sarcasm...
“Hidden gem”
Buahahahhahahhahahahahhaha
The Drinker is a true balanced and fair critic. I respect you man. Thanks.
Yep, he sure is. Just don't expect those butthurt woke motherfuckers to agree with that.
you would have to be very seriously lacking in integrity to pretend this product is good just to own the libs
Middle ground is the weakest joke of an opinion.
Nothing says fair and balanced like claiming a comedy didn't "explore the complexity of the issue." I'm normally in agreement with Drinker, but this wasn't a documentary, and there was no need to go middle ground on it. It was exclusive to DW. Did some jokes fall flat? Sure, just like every comedy. Ofc it will lean a certain way, and ofc it would be exaggerated. (although how exaggerated is certainly debatable)
@@squidikkano excuse for being just a bad comedy that wasn’t funny. And tons of comedies have tackled social issues with something meaningful to say while still being well written comedies. This was just lazy pandering.
I'd say the DW should be very pleased with your review. You gave them praise where it was due, you knocked them where necessary and you cut them some slack for being a new company in this space. Excellent as usual Drinker
"Constructive criticism" which they can use to make their next film even better.
I am SO looking forward to their version of "Snow White" (mostly to see Brett Cooper in the title role; it's so rare to see feminine women acting femininely in a feminine role these days.)
The Drinker has been on The Ben Shapiro show a couple of times. I hope he’d be able to help them improve.
Daily Wire doesn't listen to constructive criticism. Anyone who doesn't think their work is flawless is a "woke liberal anarchist" or something like that. They're morons.
Jeremy Boreing himself has said you learn by doing. That includes figuring out what worked, what didn't work, learning and doing it better next time.
I doubt he expected a TCD review of a first-time effort to say "Everything was perfect. Go away now"
So my guess is the DW is pleased they got a fair review, and it went as well as it did.
@@Anoneemus_Noenayme Old Dads also cost over 8x what Lady Ballers cost to produce (57M vs 7M) and, frankly, none of that extra money made it to the screen. The acting wasn't better and neither was the cinematography and it certainly wasn't funnier. Old Dads also took much longer to make. Lady Ballers went from idea to done in just a few short months.
If the Daily Wire continues to improve and can continue punching above their weightclass on a shoestring budget then I can see them really becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Exactly WHEN was Robert Downey Jr "canceled" for his role in Tropic Thunder?? :) He received an Oscar nomination and saw box office success and critical acclaim for the next 10+ years....
They have been trying real hard but no success 😂
Tried to* you might have missed that so maybe you need to clean your ears next time K? 😊
We also forgot he played a Mexican helping out a schizophrenic
Great review. I agree with this almost completely, but you didn’t mention the fact that it’s only available for streaming on their very small, fledgling streaming service. That fact had to really affect the production decisions. In effect, they were literally only making it for DW fans, specifically the ones that have been watching them for free and haven’t taken the subscriber plunge yet, so it REALLY was playing to its audience. The fact that it had some comedic value that could be appreciated by anyone with an open mind is kind of amazing.
Found the leftist
@@plasmaglobe2850 I’m a DW+ subscriber and huge fan girl. I was literally just saying that the movie came out on their streaming service (not in theaters) so they WERE making it for their subscribers (me) and so the fact that it was still pretty funny is a triumph. You are wrong about me: I drink Leftist Tears for breakfast.
google. Can find it free like everything else.
This goes to something Chrissie Mayr said. It was kind of funny, but needed a few comedians refining the script before production. Jeremy Boreing himself (who wrote the script) has said it's hard to get movie people to work on DW projects because they're all afraid of being cancelled. Hoping as DW grows, they get more top-shelf people (Chrissie Mayr? hint hint) and things keep moving up for them.
Yeah, the thought of possibly wrecking your career for the sake of a DW streaming production probably strikes even the few professional actors willing to work for them as too much risk and too little reward.
Please, if ISIS or Hamas made their own streaming services, these "writers" and "actors", would be calling their agents to get on-board.
@@dougcarey2233 I mean a counter point to this they should consider is pretty simple, Find someone talented who wants to make something, but is frustrated by Hollywood injection of diversity and wokeness into their projects, Offer to let them just made a good movie with DW with no injection of Conservative points and maybe just maybe we can get a good movie that doesnt preach at you, if DW is unwilling to do so then they are acting exactly like Hollywood no?
This seems right. It was a perfectly okay movie, but the comedy never really seemed to get beyond, “It’s men playing WOMEN’s basketball! Get it?”
Funny (heh) that some of the bad comedy movies I remember in the 2000's were made or star comedians.
Glad to see Drinker had a critical view of the movie. This is exactly the kind of support Daily Wire need. They need to know what works and what doesn't. Hopefully they'll take these lessons and improve their next features. I've long given up hope Hollywood would do the same but Daily Wire is new enough I'll give them a few years to figure things out.
That's what I'm thinking. I didn't expect much on such a short time frame with a small budget, and they need to get their feet wet first to figure this stuff out. Props to the Drinker for giving a fair review. I'm sure they appreciate it...
Yeah, since Daily Wire is a much smaller operation, it's criticism won't have to go through endless channels for the right people to listen if they're harping on. At least, I hope so.
I would never put out any movie without at least running the script past The Drinker first, and would probably give him a shot at the rough cut as well.
Daily Wire knows how to take criticism. They look at everything from audience reviews to the views and money obtained, all useful signals to see if they are making a good product.
Daily Wire and comedy is a hilarious joke all on its own.
When are you people going to realize that conservatives are absolute trash at comedy.
Unless you consider someone like Greg Gutfeld funny. 😂😂
Well this movie sucked. When South Park (who did this joke first and MUCH better) is offensive, it is usually backed up with a layered storytelling and perfectly nuanced social commentary that points out the hypocrisies of both sides within the political spectrum in order to appeal to everyone as opposed to 1 side. It utilises absurdity to ultimately lead to a core message that is the heart of the episode/movie. That is what Trey and Matt want their audience to take away from their episodes. Not that "South Park mocked Disney" or "South Park makes fun of Transgender athletes". This movie is just offensive just for the sake of being offensive. It doesn't balance both sides, it just says "our side is better". They actually want the offensive parts to be the takeaway, because all I've seen so far is videos of Ben Shapiro or Michael Knowles laughing at how triggered people are. This movie was made to get a rise out of people. This is NOT how you do social commentary.
the left wing is the master of brainwashing. To state the obvious
I think conservatives focus too much on getting back at the left that it ruins their projects. The comedies of the early 2000s were not trying to beat you over the head to get back at any particular group, they were just trying to make funny movies.
@@radicalcentrist1242 The left can do 100000x worse but we can't even make a truthful commedy lol.
The left wing uses brainwashing, the topic of the movie is just one of too many to count.
In other words - the film is crap😂
He tried so hard to lighten the blow 🤣
There is another thing that's worth mentioning. Almost none of the people in this movie were actors.
Like 90% of them are just random Daily Wire employees :D
Most of the daily wire employees are actors.
@@maxwell8758 some, not most...
But fair :) it deserves a like
Yeah it is because they couldn't get actors to be in the film. Almost none of them were meant to be actors.
The DW ceo talked about this in an interview. He said even cancelled actors were scared to touch this.
@@ar1sm70 I'm thinking this could be what the movie accomplishes. If everyone sees that the aftermath is anti-climactic, then perhaps that fear will be lessened. Essentially breaking the seal...
It sounds like Daily Wire still hasn't hit it out of the park with any of their film attempts so far, but it's good seeing them continue to try. I really do wish them success in the long run. It can only help to have more competition in the entertainment industry.
Hear, hear.
I don't like majority of the DW cast and don't like the director either. But I can't lie, this movie was pretty good.
Their movie Run Hide Fight was absolutely amazing. If you have not seen this movie yet check it out. This was movie theater quality and a definite A+ in my book.
I don't know about that, I heard Run Hide Fight was pretty good.
They did hit it out of the park with, "What is a woman".
Your reviews are the best man..
You’re pretty much absolutely right. The only thing I wish you would have talked about was the production value. I was shocked personally at how GOOD the movie looked even as it failed to make me laugh. Ben’s first line was the funniest thing in that movie but his follow up almost ruined the humor of the first one. It kind of was a microcosm of the whole movie.
This is why I love Critical Drinker's reviews. He would always take every movie with a balanced and fair critique regardless of the politics. As a conservative, I got mad respect for him. 👏
Now I am awaiting for DW's Pendragon Cycle and Snow White, and I hope Drinker will review both of them in the future!
why are you 'awaiting' movies from ppl who have don't know how to make movies and have no artistic motive or flair for doing so
@@helvete_ingres4717 That same question could currently be asked of Hollywood, and every other streaming service that exists. It's mostly garbage across the board now.
@@helvete_ingres4717 maybe he has hope they get better. The difference between DW and Disney is that Disney could make good movies if it wanted, but the message and blackcrock's money is too important to let go. DW is just learning and experimenting, and they might drop it a little in terms of politics.
@@evage99it's all garbage now. As each year passes I've been seeing less movies and series each year. I used to have cable and Hulu and Netflix and Amazon and Apple TV. Now I just have TV and and use my brother's account since he's my roommate.
On top of what you said, by giving an honest review, he allows the Daily Wire to hear where they fell short and improve in their next movies. Getting a fair and constructive critique is the best way to improve at what you're doing.
Watched it with my wife a few days ago. It was pretty funny and worked well as a parody/social commentary , but at times, the pacing really dragged. For a small, independent film studio, it was pretty solid. Basically, it is NOT a timeless classic, but it came out at JUST the right time to be relevant
Whats frustrating is that if you actually understood the state of men dominating women in sports by claiming some delusion it wouldn't come off as parody. There aren't whole teams of men competing but every single character was a carbon copy of famous and recent men who dominated a woman's sport. It can't be satire if the satire is true.
Wasn't there a weight lifting coach with a full beard who entered a women's weight lifting competition in Canada to destroy the record a "trans" guy set?
More men with beards need to do this....trample on the trans records.
@@allistertheeldritchmemegod3537 I watched the video were this poor girl got her teeth knocked out in field hockey. They don't wear the heavy padding and face shield like in male hockey because it's specifically designed for female strength level. It's also one of the sports that will give a girl a full scholarship to college.
@@kellharris2491 I've said this on other media, but will reiterate: The injuries that trans-females inflict are intentional, be it field hockey, volleyball or MMA. It, to my eyes, appears as a manifestation of self-loathing and the never-ending need for attention, no matter how negative.
@kellharris2491 I have always been astounded by how much danger there is in field hockey relative to how little padding the players wear. For a sport that had a cool concept, I never wanted to play it because it just looked brutal.
That injury attracted attention because the shot came from a guy, but any shot that hit someone right in the mouth would likely do damage. Maybe it would have had a lower mph coming from a girl but I dont think it would have mattered much in that case.
very chill balanced review, good to know might watch it after the holidays.
Godzilla Minus One just got a date extension in US theaters to Dec 14th. Please review it drinker! 🙏
This is by far the most objective review of this movie on CZcams
“Objective” here means “biased in the way I like”.
@@CassieAngelicadid you watch the video?
@@CassieAngelica I don't know man, most people who are against constant political lectures / propaganda in the media would probably overpraise this movie, since it's a jab that comes from the other site. Meanwhile, people who support identity politics will mindlessly hate it. Drinker, however, criticized it and he did so without using the classic "transphobia" argument.
Not really though. Usually yes.
Didnt expect to see you here
Hopefully this will inspire more companies to go back to just having fun and making good comedies and films without fear of backlash for not pandering to tiktok toddlers.
Have you seen the video? It's only 5:46 long, give it a go.
The conclusion is, that it's not funny, but pandering to tiktok crybaby snowflakes (the ones on the right)
@wowrada bro you missed the parts where drinker said it was funny. Triggered much? 😂
It's inspiring alot of soy boy lefties and women hating feminists lmao look at the comments
@@wowradaI see. We found the gender ideology supporter
@@wowrada Isn't "snowflakes" reserved for the soy-filled leftists?
The daily wire actually tried to make this a documentary originally, but they couldn't find a real life team that would let "trans" men play against women. I think that says something about the whole debate on trans people in sports.
Fair review as usual. This is why I sub to you
Tries a little too hard in the beginning but once it finds its groove it has some genuinely hilarious moments and a surprisingly heartwarming climax
7.5/10
The movie would’ve benefited from more production time, since they made it pretty quickly, and could’ve used some help in acting, writing, and editing, but the DW hosts have noted that it basically had to be done in-house because even actors and writers who have already been canceled wouldn’t dare go near it
Apparently their own extras started protesting the movie. They sent the fake news crew to interview them 😂
Excellent review, and the criticism is well deserved. I did very much enjoy the film, and I think it is worth the watch, even though it is certainly longer than truly needed
Let's be honest, it's a step above indie films, but well below Hollywood production levels.
I'm on board with this explanation. This was obviously made quickly, with in-house actors, in-house writers, filmed in secret, and probably on a shoestring budget. And at the end of the day, this is essentially a made-for-TV movie. Even if it's just average, that's still a win.
wish the main trans lead was more talented and some direction choice.... meh. still works but some jokes are cringe not in a good way. borat was good cringe af
Haven't seen the movie, but been wondering if I should try. I trust your judgement. Thanks. This saves me time!
Just keep in my that the Dailywire isn't small or independent. It's backed by billionaires.
I haven’t watched any of the DW shows or productions. But considering that 90% of the cast for this film is basically just a bunch of youtubers, who funded the project themselves, it’s pretty neat it’s even made in the first place.
I do hope that one day they’ll have a serious budget to make a decent production and have a true smash hit.
Yeah they said they were willing to put serious money into and get real actors but no one famous was willing to risk their career for the movie. Which is understandable
Glad you at least judged it by its merits and not blindly singing their praise. Well done Drinker
People are praising this film?
@UnifiedaxxS Yeah, honestly I don't care for it, it's meh. South Park managed to make something better out of this, and made it when it was somewhat more relevant than it is now.
“At least”? Are you suggesting he was supposed to do something else but you’ll settle for that?
He has developed a reputation as an anti woke movie critic. The commenter may have been genuinely surprised CD did not "blindly sing praise" because the movie is clearly a woke basher.
Not every critic can seperate their bias from their review, the commenter seems to acknowledge and appreciate the fact that CD can. Don't let the language get you triggered.
@@mikegallina8389exactly
I read, "So I watched Lady Ballers..." in your Scottish brogue. Damn your particularly pernicious Pavlovian parlance!
Brilliant review. You write better every time. Keep up the great work!
Get your tongue out of his ass 😂
Nothing annoys me more than people giving their side a free pass and pretending everything in it is amazing, so good job in being as objective as possible.
All hail the Drinker! The last bastion of integrity in a bleak and barren world (of entertainment)
Thats the example of woke people that dont care about movies or the movie quality at all, but they give it free pass, if it has woke bullshite in it with obnoxious arrogant unlikeable females as main charchters in the movie itself.
he could be vague as to not anger the leftists.
@@rockfish7777you are whats wrong with America
@@maxhuffman7033 you are not a very objective person. Somewhat emotional
I laughed more than I thought I would... it wasn't the funniest movie ever... but I would def watch it again with a friend.
My family, who have no idea what DW+ is had fun and ample laughs.
Forsure, same
Matt Walsh killed me 😂😂😂 it was exactly what I expected 👍
I've watched it several times and, weirdly enough, I found it funnier the second time through. The first viewing matched Drinker's description precisely: hilarious physical comedy with long stretches of somewhat tortured character moments and one liners in between them. The second viewing improved on that impression, though. The narrative portions of the movie improved for me. Not even sure why, honestly.
My only problem is that every joke or gag in the movie is the same thing we've heard from conservatives for the last 3 years. If the movie came out sooner it would've been funnier.
I watched it yesterday and I think your review is spot on! A much tighter edit and scrapping irrelevant crap would make it much better.
these people are not actors, directors or film writers
To be fair, I watched it with my retired parents who don't follow internet trends, they're very much general audience. They have no idea who the daily wire are. They laughed out loud the whole way through and loved the film. As did I.
This is why I don't believe a lot of stuff the Drinker says. Anybody with common sense would love this movie.
Internet culture gobblers that watch Drinker are not the general audience they think they are. If they we're they'd realise that his takes on so many things are contrived and tailored, and always contradictory. Things he complaints about in one movie he praises in the next. His reviews of Dungeons and Dragons, as well as Mario recently have shown his utter inconsistency.
This movie will likely appeal to the average person, it reminds me of other comedies from the 2000s that appealed to common tropes, but this is just a 2023 trope.
Perhaps, but lots of movies that the Drinker mocks get similar reactions from lots of ordinary people.
I thought it was quite good, exactly what it was trying to be - nothing more, nothing less. One of the gags I loved was the news anchors getting forcibly dragged further and further into the world of DEI victimhood. Each time they appeared on screen the ante was upped. Drinker said the pacing was off, but I disagree that’s one of the things they actually got right. Also as far as the “echo chamber” criticism, I think that’s just silly. If the Daily Beast made a pro trans comedy, would there be any expectation that it would be fair and balanced? I mean the idea is just frigging absurd quite frankly.
I bought a subscription to the daily wire just to watch this movie. My husband and I were cry-laughing the whole time. It felt like watching a 2000s comedy again.
It was on par with most stupid, goofball comedies. It was funny, it was cute, it was over the top, and it was worth the watch.
"Stupid, goofball comedies"? you obviously missed the entire message of the movie.
It’s a stupid goofball movie WITH a message, just as good humor should be. (Full disclosure I’ve not seen the movie, just clips. It seems funny but amateur. Which is what id expect given the cast)
No I think you missed the genre of the movie. It is emulating goofball comedy movies while delivering a very important message. It can do both. @@comar619
I was actually impressed. I had super low expectations and sure, I didn’t laugh near as much as something like anchorman, but I definitely had quite a few good belly laughs. It’s not for everyone and not every joke hits, but it’s entertaining and none of the acting was so bad it made me cringe.
Yeah it was decent!
Respect! As usual, well done sir.
Side note: I have been watching drinker for some time now. Since before EFAP. I guess I never really looked at subscriber or view counts, but WTF. Since when has drinker had almost 2 mil subscribers and mils of views on his videos? Man my dude has come a long way so quickly.
Congrats
I think the main cause of his rise in popularity was the series "Why Modern Movies Suck".
Not a Daily Wire subscriber, but I can appreciate what they're trying to do, and from what I've seen, they are about the only conservative media company aside from Angel Studios that's trying to carve out a place in cinema and entertainment. I'm sure they will continue to get better as they produce more films and gain more experience. They may never achieve the level of prominence as Disney or Universal, but if they can continue improving their productions, they can definitely make themselves a competitor.
Can you really appreciate what they are trying to do? It’s quite obvious the movie is just a political stunt. It’s not like they are truly trying to create a movie that is to be taken seriously. There is absolutely no subtlety here and no real attempt at nuance. Lady ballers is just an absurd piece of political propaganda made by people that aren’t very talented and producing this type of media
So... What the left does with most of hollywood? Huh.
I thought caring about the message over art was bad?
yep... they're building a hollywood styled studio production company from the ground up and i bet every other studio production company is totally against them... i bet when they're able to actually able to start making a profit that they'll be sued and boycotted by all the hollywood unions, studios, and media
@@GOLDFISH817political satire
I appreciate the objectivity. I have not seen it yet, but this was my impression from the trailer. Still, I am very glad it got made. Comedy is on life support at this point. We can't expect it to run a 4 minute mile after what it has been through. But maybe this is a start on the long road to recovery.
100% agree
These type of movies are like Adam Sandler movies, they aren't great but will always sit down and watch if they're on
That's what I think as well. I'm glad it got made, and I'm willing to support it purely because Daily Wire is trying to create a more open entertainment market not dominated by a single political party, but I'm also aware that it's probably not very good.
If comedy is on life support and the doctor is a conservative comedian you better start digging.
I mean.. I'm not glad it got made because it looks like a giant pile of shit, and putting a bunch of people nobody cares about in a comedy movie with a Ted Cruz cameo will do nothing to bring back comedies, but they certainly are allowed to make this if they want to. It will have a tiny audience that will watch because they already subscribe to the stupid service, but nobody else will care.
Its well known independants make the BEST comedies. Think the Full Monty. Or heck think Monty Python, who had to get a millionaire to fund their movie. NOBODY would make Life Of Brian its was that controversial. And you know you have controversy when COUNTRIES ban your movie. When you have people in the streets both demanding you be banned, and yet in other parts of the country where politicians ban it, you have people in the streets demanding they be able to see it.
THAT is controversy and now is recognized as one of funniest movie ever, acted by the way by the WRITERS and animators.
So thats the bar to evaluate ANY 'independant' where they can make a movie with NO studio oversight. And Michael Palin would like want to club me with a fish, and rightfully, for even mentioning this movie and theirs in teh same comment section.
The irony is that the ONLY people remotely offended by this would be women athletes, who are the butt of the movie, not just the joke. Although I read an article once that said some thing like eight out of ten american males think they can actually beat Serena Williams in tennis.
So in the end the only butt of the joke is the men who are so predictably cartoonish, and women Trans people are just like "wtf is this?|
Sadly, as Monty Python proved in Life of Brian FORTY YEARS AGO, you can actually make hilarious trans jokes, its context that matters. Preachy never works in comedy.
I was hoping for funnier but I had the same view as you dude. Here’s hoping there’s more and funnier stuff to come
I'll watch this purely because they actually tried to bring back late 90s, mid 2000s comedy. We need more dumb fun comedy films.
Yeah it feels like we've had way too many movies that just inject cheap gag comedy into otherwise serious situations thanks largely to Disney with initially the Pirates of the Carribbean movies which then became prominent in the Marvel movies and then leaked into even freaking Star Wars and a huge variety of movies over the 2010 and 2020's. Tropic Thunder and Dodgeball were like some of the absolute peak comedy films and it's sad that we've gone so long without anything challenging them.
@@SorenthazThat's the good thing about the comedy movies back then. Even though they were mostly bad and outlandish they removed the need to insert comedy in regular movies that didn't need it and kept the two separate.
Comedy I thought it was a actual woke college future documentary .
And why these leftists don't like it.
its definitely not a jim carrey movie. man that dude was hella funny. iirc liar liar sent my bro to hospital bcoz asthma
Did they, though? They decided to make a stridently political film and the comedy suffers as a result, just like comedy always suffers when it has to play second fiddle to politics.
A 90 min cut would be good. A top notch editor would have gone a long way. Great review Drinker. I am a DW subscriber and wanted to love it. They just arn't there yet. They should release as much finished footage as they can and have a contest for best amature edit. Discover some talent out there.
Great Idea.
Great idea!
Given their openness to ideas I’m confident they would agree to your proposal.
This is a cool idea
Submit this idea to the editors.
Respect for doing a fair review and not shilling for a movie just because its "anti-woke". Kudos to the DW, but the trailer for this did not look that good
Generally speaking the further you get into politics and the clearer it is you’re making a statement the less funny it gets because you aren’t really joking at that point.
It’s “refreshing” so to speak to actually see a new movie that isn’t completely hollywood sanitized at least but doing the same thing in reverse isn’t the way to go, really hope daily wire is actually serious about film and does manage to get their footing because we really do NEED a complete outsider to gain traction to ever pull the industry’s head out of it’s ass
Thank you Drinker for giving your honest critique. Its always good to see objectivity no matter the issue or side.
He didn't explain much in his critique. He loves South Park episode about same topic, yet dislikes this films "one-sided" take. South Park episode was way more edgier and one-sided.
He literally was concerned about why the daily wire didn't pander to more audiences 😂 almost like it was for the daily wire audiences on their website. He's contradicting his own statements. Bad review 😂
@@CarnageJesterXsound the meat riding alarm
Giving an opinion is something every person does on a daily basis
@@CarnageJesterXimagine shilling a company that doesn't know who you are
Reviews like this are why the Drinker is the GOAT. He's made multiple videos with Ben Shapiro and has been extremely critical of woke Hollywood movies, and yet, rather than turning into a shill and saying the whole thing was amazing, he gave an honest review of this film as if he didn't have a horse in the race at all.
I think he still treated this review with kid gloves. If a movie has a hamfisted left wing message in one scene it never gets a pass. But this two hour long strawmen of a movie gets some light criticism.
@@Dennis-ml9hv That's because the movie wasn't marketed as something else. Only a retard would go into a movie marketed as X and then complain about the movie being filled with X. That goes for anything.
@@Dennis-ml9hvNo one knows what a strawman argument is apparently
I recall a comment from Chris Wallace, saying that being fair shouldn't be considered exceptional in journalism, it should just be standard.
Drinker has his own reputation to uphold, and he at least had the sense to see that South Park criticized both left and right-wing narratives on the state of the US film industry.
@@takatamiyagawa5688 Critical Drinker is miles better than most of "ant-sjw youtubers". Which is why I can at least watch some of his videos.
He doesnt use idiotic thumbnails and doesnt jump on any minor controversy like most of his contemperaries.
But his bias really shines through here.
Good video and fitting points. I personally enjoyed it though and was less critical of it since the movie has the intend to be goofy which obviously in a serious critique has problems scoring points
im surprised you actually criticised this movie. It seems to appeal perfectly to your worldview
@@adamweishaupt2846 You mean a lack of understanding of advanced biology?
You can appreciate what DW is trying to do with their entertainment business and also realize that they still have a lot of growing left to do with their movies.
All "Christian conservative" films have been like this and have had the same problems for decades.
@@seriouscat2231 As someone who was partially raised on them, I agree. The problem with anti-hollywood movies in general is they suffer from:
1. Bad or overly preachy writing
2. Poor acting
3. Low production value
4. All of the above
I am cautiously optimistic about the DW crew, but for the time being, anyone who wants to make it big in film has to go to Hollywood. Until that starts to change, we will be stuck where we are.
I don't appreciate it. As it feels like to me there was no effort put into this movie. It feels like they decided to make a movie about the first thing that popped into their head.
@@seriouscat2231 no DW is not your friend. They are a media company owned by ben shapiro, they have one goal to make money. They would sell you out in a heart beat
Being they just started up making movie's I'd say their doing ok so far.
It had its flaws, but I genuinely liked the debate this movie brings up. Even in its heavy handed jokes and commentary, it is worth looking into in the sports world.
You should check out the South Park episode "Board Girlz" then. The Drinker nailed it when he said they discussed this issue in so much more depth in only twenty minutes, almost ten years ago.... (Matt and Trey are prophets lol)
What debate? It was just a giant fuck you to the other side of the issue. There was no attempt at all to see both sides.
@@optimusprime6202lmao what? It’s literally a view of both sides, you should just stay off the internet bc you can’t seem to use any logical reasoning you immediately jump to the bs.
@optimusprime6202 nor should it... especially when 1 side thinks they have moral superiority and don't have to support their ideology. It's just "if you don't agree with us you're a (adhomonym here)." The best part of the film is that much like Babylon Bee, it didn't really have to be extreme to point our the lunacy of the left, they have become the parody at this point 😂
@@psylintzu6036 technically the other side would be showing a trans woman who finds it degrading to force her to compete against men. I don't agree with her point of view but technically that would be showing both sides, which this movie did not do.
Exactly, I'm gonna go dig out my copy of Dodgeball.
It was sometimes funny, sometimes a little preachy, sometimes a little dull, but honestly, it was still better than most recent AAA movies. It was overall solid and well acted. My wife wants to watch it again!
I haven't seen it, but from watching the trailer and a number of online reviews about it, I'm confused about exactly what it's preaching. Most obviously, it tells the story from the point of view of the antagonists, who of course tend to be the villains in a conventional story. You can do that, but then you risk making evil characters look sympathetic. To be sure, the movie makes fun of them, but it also lets us understand their reasons for what they're doing.
Even more confusing is the fact that the "heroic" female athletes are also the butt of jokes, getting humiliated in slapstick scenarios against the supposedly superior antagonists. You can have your protagonists suffer and even fail, but ultimately they need to prevail or the story is a tragedy. So, what exactly is the attitude of LADY BALLERS? Is it socially conservative because it's anti-trans people in women's sports and doesn't present women as sexual objects, or is it socially liberal in that it doesn't condescend to women by assuming they're too weak to suffer physical comedy and (again) doesn't present women as sexual objects? (Feminism goes in both directions, you know.) If this is supposed to be a "political" movie, it's a failure.
@@SeasideDetective2 I don't think we watched the same movie. Your questions feel like they came from someone's review of the movie instead of watching it. You really miss the mark on a lot of the concepts of the movie. My wife wanted to watch the movie twice. Since you don't seem to understand, the movie is a comedy about men pretending to be women in order to get an edge in sports, but in the end, the men willingly give in to allow the women to win. Some of the lines of the movie are literally things that could be said in this day and age and definitely said in the future if all of this continues to happen.
@@SeasideDetective2you're probably having difficulty because you're trying to view it from the Left's propaganda lens that conservatives think "trans people are evil" - which isn't what's being said at all. The point is that trans women are NOT women, and that dishonesty is literally hurting women. The guys in the movie realize the error of their ways & course correct (fiction, obviously 😉)
@SeasideDetective2 what about this movie in the slightest was confusing? It was pretty cut and dry.
@SeasideDetective2 also I think it's funny you say socially conservative means to objectify women and liberals don't. That's ass backwards. I think I realize why you're confused now. You don't know anything that's going on haha
Honestly that's awesome that the movie didn't suck. In the grand scheme of things, not sucking is actually a huge victory. I don't think anyone expected this to be good at all, but if the drinker said that there are actually laughs in the movie, then that's pretty damn impressive coming from a company that doesn't even focus primarily on films and didn't even have professional comedy actors to cast with. I'll definitely watch it
No professional comedy actors? Have you watched Andrew Klavan's show? Matt Walsh's? Michael Knowles'? The guys are absolutely hilarious at times!
The movie is a lot better than this pseudo movie expert is trying to tell us. There are a lot of good moments to really laugh.
I watched it, it is really really funny.
You're the first comment here that isn't a fkn simp.
@@melquesedekcastro7480 You don't know how relieved I am that I'm not the only one that see how this wannabehollywooddirector changed his whole speech in last 6 or 7 months. He called this a "POLITICAL" issue? "Extreme" points? Have to come to the "common ground"? He is so sold and payed for it isn't even funny ow these simps in comments don't get it.
I like how you stated that this is a rough first attempt that still had some good promise, because honestly even though I haven't seen it yet, that's a telltale sign that they're on the right track they just need to get off the shoulder. From the look of it, it look like it was trying to recapture some of that old mid-2000s movie magic.
It's almost like after 2008, comedy started to have a very slow demise. I wonder what could have happened...
Definitely feels like some old fart made it… that’s why it feels 20 years old
Funny enough into the spiderverse a movie made by a leftist was funnier then this movie
@@redninja3056Because Into the Spiderverse is comparable to Ladyballers in budget, advertising, acting pool, etc....🙄
@@snuke37 yet it was more funny then a movie that was a comedy it's almost like conservatives aren't funny or something
@redninja3056 Or, a bigger budget with access to studio resources and every comedic writer and actor in Hollywood helped maybe a little?
It's stupid to compare the two as one is an indie film with a 7 million dollar budget, while the other is a major studio release animated feature with a 90 million dollar budget ("Across the Spiderverse" was $150m).
Plus, don't act like liberal Hollywood doesn't release trash with poor comedy...the same studio as Spiderman releases The Marvels which was painfully unfunny...
Thank you Mr Drinker! Im on lunch eating at work and you have so graciously provided me with the visual of Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura clawing his way for air out of an elephant's bumhole
I started a CZcams channel and I love your channel and I was wondering what app do you use to edit your videos as what do you use to record them? My channel teaches people who are interested in buying gold and silver how to do it and tools to use to get the best price.
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I laughed enough to think it was worth my time. I'm looking forward to DW making more polished stuff as they move forward.
Daily Wire is Trash like Disney. Enjoy being a little paypiggy for shapiro
Summarised my thoughts well.
Yup, a new studio finding it's legs. Hopefully they will learn and adapt to better movie standards.
Agreed. Not good enough I’d pay to see in theaters but good enough for me to spend the time with it at home. I definitely think Jeremy wanted to see how far he can go and trim it down on his next project.
When you think of what certain other Hollywood studios have done over recent years. Doubling down, attacking the audience, consistently finding a new low, when people were sure things couldn't get any worse. It will be good to see DW grow and improve.
Hopefully they learn from the negative points and continue to make more. We need more as a society to break down those social echo chambers
You man, echo chambers like this channel? ;)
Is this movie not adding to the echo chamber on the right though?
@@jfrankie3254"When your side does it it's divisive because we don't all agree; when our side does it you're being divisive for not agreeing"
@@jfrankie3254 Yeah, I guess this lone solitary movie from the right 'echo chamber' totally equals the literally hundreds of movie of the left 'echo chamber'.....
This movie is literally THE echo chamber.
I have been wondering for years why I can’t find “don’t mention the war” episode anywhere lol, now I get it…
you call this a rough gem? woof.
Honestly i was expecting it to be this way. I appreciate you keeping it real. Real comedy is not one liners and it isn't easy either. Having a concept is one thing turning it to great movie is another.
I found the movie to be what it was. A solid effort with some hits and misses. I enjoyed the fact that when it was said and done the coach saw the error in his ways. I give it a 7/10 but like some had said it is a ton better than 90 percent of today’s comedy.
Despite not being a big "hahahaha" movie it was certainly a very enjoyable thing to watch.
*10/10
Are they're even comedy movies these days? I can't even think of any
"...today's comedy." ?
Which one?
I cannot honestly remember being aware of a new comedy movie in a while.
Not trying to be a diq, genuinely asking.
@@chainsawsubtlety9828 good question, certainly nothing worth watching
They said it was filmed and produced over the course of just a couple months, and it shows.
I wonder if it signals some level of future improvement in their brand quality and we will see some well polished comedies in the future.
I listened to Jeremy speak on how difficult it was to get talent to work on the movie. That’s ultimately why they had to cast it using Daily Wire employees and contributors, because everyone in Hollywood was scared to star or work on the movie.
I wonder if they asked Rob Schneider. He basically owns this genre, and he is an outspoken conservative.
"Rob Schneider is a somewhat popular comedic actor! But now he's... a carrot."
I feel like Dave Chappelle, Jeff Dunham, Joe Rogan, Bill Burr, Bill Maher, Rob Schneider, and Adam Sandler should be a pretty easy list or to at least do a cameo.
Nobody seeking a career in Hollywood wouldn't come within a mile of any Dailywire movie. So they'll never have a first tier actor in it. That's OK, because it's a parody. I bet this is a lot of fun, albeit not perfect by any strech of imagination.
because the movie is a stinker!
I watched it on launch night. Made me laugh a few times and cringe a few times too. The acting was a little rough but in an interview Jeremy explained that they tried getting better actors but no one was willing to put their career on the line so they had to do it with DW talent and friends.
Hopefully the actors will have a chance to learn and improve
😂😂😂Can't wait to watch this!
Lady ballers also is very fan servicy with having so many cameos for daily wire fans to spot and enjoy
A big reason for that was due to zero mildly conservative actors having the balls to take any of the parts so they used the DW+ staff.
They definitely didn't go far enough in terms of the comedy and I think they emptied out all their good jokes way too early, but the fact that this was even made today is still quite an achievement
They paid for the movie themselves. There was literally nothing stopping them from making this movie. What achievement?
Lmao, FBI literally arrested one of the main actors in the day of the premiere dude and it was a black imigrant muslim dude. They took him for some fake 3yo charges of basically doing nothing bad and just being in the gathering of protesting people on January 6th, which now is broadly know as NOT being an xDDD insurection xDDDD After 3 years. This is an intimidation tactics from Soviet Union. You all in the west really does not get it and will never get it because unlike me and the whole central, eastern and southern Europe, you were not under the communism for 40 years. If you did, you wouldn't want to bring it back xD@@benjaminhoyt1421
Achievement? Are you kidding? You don’t clearly know film history or the history of theater and art. This is old news (500 years old) done badly with malicious intent. How is that an achievement?
@@VetsrisAugusteAchievements are more than the gold you get on your reddit posts. Maybe you should go back there.
They had no malicious intend. Lefty troll. Quite the contrary. It's a counter culture done by the good side against people expoliting women, children and denying science takin over politics, media and enterntaiment. There is nothing "malicious" here. It's spreading the Truth in a funny way. Please, just stop trollin here.
Also it's done by people who really know literature and history or the history of theater and art. Shapiro would never co-produce and cameo in something that wouldn't be based 100% in it. From my side I can tell you I've graduated somethint thatg combines theater, literature, linguistic and psychology of the "word" in my country which name youy wouldn't even understand, so I'm vastly better equiped than you in that topic, sweethart :) @@VetsrisAuguste
You really should have been harder on it. The acting is garbage, it’s boring and the comedy is for anyone with the sense of humor of a child stuck the 2000s. On top of that, this film was never going to be a good idea because the ideology backing it is so backwards. They couldnt even get their actors on to real teams like they wanted because in reality being trans in sports is really hard and takes sacrifices they couldn’t even take for the purpose of making their comedy and much less of making their failed documentary on the same subject.
What would be the "middle ground" between "male is male & female is female" & "men can be women & women can be men"?
Thank you for reviewing the movie, Drinker. My wife and I watched it this weekend. It's pretty good. Better and funnier than I expected. Especially for a movie with a cast full of a lot of non-actors. My biggest problem with it was the pacing. A tighter 90-minute edit would go a long way.
I think the most important thing is the fact that this movie actually exists, it is nice to break away from big media corporations. While it could use some polish, for a first time, they did a solid job, so it will only get better in the future.
'Doesn't suck' - so better than almost anything else from Hollywood.
Have you seen Godzilla Minus One?
Your are spot on with your final comment, and the reason why conservative humor usually falls flat. The daily wire is not interested in actual satire. They just represent the other extreme, and is another echo chamber.
Hot Damn Drinker! You are a masterclass of your trade. We all hate the woke vomit we get out of Hollywood but you didn’t let that create a bias. Mad respect…
Daily Wire should hire you to make their next movie
Drinker has done a fair bit of writing work hasn't he? Imagine if he got the opportunity to write one of their shows.
It'd be cool if DW picked up one of his books for production.
Or at least hire him to help doing editing and post production, his greatest criticism here was that it could be slimmed down a lot, and well... This is a post production issue, so to bring him in as a viewer of early screenings to give these sort of advice would be really good for them.
@@Khalixs I don't think that's the same as writing a novel
That's actually a great idea, he would be a great consultant for movies these days.
I really enjoyed it. And for all of it being done in-house on a small budget, I thought they did a pretty good job.
Do not watch Daily Wire it is trash too, shapiros just wants money
First real comment I've read
Of course you did you're just as much of a joke as the average modern day star wars fan that finds any reason under the sun to like something that's on the same side
still excited to see it, but I appreciate the unbiased review nonetheless
On point. It definitely got plenty of chuckles out of me, but much of the comedy did feel a bit forced; plus, there were pacing issues. Nevertheless, it was a decent comedic watch. And I very much enjoy the Dr. Peterson post-credit cameo.
From a small studio with a fraction of the resources that a major and more established movie studio has, and considering that this is their first ever attempt at a movie made by them from the ground up, it’s a clunky but promising first step. With time and experience I think DW will be a force to be reckoned with.
On the one hand, I encourage anyone to make an alternative to the hollywood trash we have to put up with. That being said, the Daily Wire cvcks are not going to make anything truly helpful. They got themselves all excited over telling everyone that there are two genders, and the trans agenda has gotten ridiculous. But that's easy. Try to get them to address the institutional war against White people, then DW recoils. They'll just poop out yet another movie consisting of "jokes" such as jews praising black dicks, like in Lady Ballers. Daily Wire is toxic.
But just like the critical drinker says, if the movie only favors right leaning people and not average Joe, then it won't go far.
It’s a very easy topic to make fun of. The topic has been poked fun of so much that it feels as if the viewer had heard every joke before it’s delivered. It’s like making a movie that just makes fun of fat people or little people. Sure there’s jokes in it, but it’s nothing that the dimmest viewer at home couldn’t come up with themselves. This movie doesn’t say anything about what the daily wire can produce as a movie. I’ll wait to see if they manage to create anything where the jokes aren’t hand fed to them by such an easy target.
Yeah, an attempt was made, and South park plays it way to safe as always.
It's more that movies don't have to be almost two hours, especially comedies...
@@mildlycurious8333 so men participating in female sports , males entering female locker rooms etc isn't gonna effect regular people ?? Is it Only the "right wingers" who want women and the children to be safe ?? I don't believe in this "wing" nonsense but this film is for everyone to see, realise and fight against the insanity as humans regardless of your political views
There were some genuine laugh out loud moments that demonstrate Jeremy is heading in the right direction. The taser scene in particular was brilliant. I think the DW is onto something here. It wasn't great but it was a worthy effort. Looking forward to the Adam Carolla cartoon they're doing
I think the taser scene was poorly acted but to each their own
@@arfhat89 Wrong. His physical comedy in that scene was hilarious.
I stared blank at the screen when the taser scene happened but laughed at other parts. To each their own
Adam Carolla cartoon!? I'm in!!
@@allistertheeldritchmemegod3537 "I am dead inside" is what I read.
Its almost like fighting the "preachy woke left wing" by turning into a "preachy anti-woke right wing" is just as jarring as the former.
Interestingly enough, sounds like another movie caught up in its message rather than making a quality film, but this time from the other side of what we typically see.
Oh My God. This is an objective review from one of the most woke-hating critics. I respect it and thank you for your work
The Drinker's reviews are always objective. Did you just get here?
Woke hating? Touch grass buddy
i am not frequent and lately there were mostly bad movies, so doing fair review on them might look like person is not objective@@musicfoundation3300
But don't you know Drinker is at minimum alt right?
Because it's apparently impossible to not be especially right or not be especially conservative to hate woke, or that is what I've been told (not that I believe).
Personally I say every somewhat balanced and smart person dislikes it.
I actually like that aspect of his content. He's isn't woke, but also isn't a political pawn. He's an actual movie critic who clearly shows passion for story telling and art, something that separates him from the usual bottom feeder garbage doing the same jokes about feminists and gay people over and over. As a result he gives things done well credit regardless if "the message" is in it or not
this movie is best described as the much expected consequence of the past few years of media, a giant f*ck you" to "the message", and probably the kind of thing that breaks the ice for what comes next, the dildo of consequence. it may not be what we want, but it is definitely what we needed
I saw it and it had me chuckle a few times. Considering I haven't laughs while watching a movie since oh about 2010 or so I think DWs first time into the sports comedy genre wasn't bad at all. I mean I haven't been to the move theatre in about 4 to 5 months cause what is out there that interest me. Nada. So Lady Ballers keep on Ballin!
Yeah I mean the movie had close to no original jokes that hadn't been made in my online circles for a thousand times already. As a soccer fan I laughed most at the "Soccer! I mean sports!" joke.
I appreciate the honest critique here and not simply glad handing the daily wire because of recent collaborations together. I like what they're trying to do with an alternate and parallel economy but for that model to work it does need to be judged by the same metrics and I think they will probably try to improve based on that