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Mike Hale, New York Times: It all adds up to an entertaining 88 minutes, despite the film's ramshackle construction and its once-over-lightly approach to political, cultural and athletic history. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: So much fun that you don't really have to understand much about the nuances of cricketing to get the point. Read more
Nick Schager, Village Voice: Riley shrewdly maintains focus on how the players co-opted the merciless tactics of their invective-hurling adversaries for their own, and the region's, self-actualization. Read more