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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMaybe that's romanticizing things, but baseball wouldn't be half as beautiful without its mythology.
- 88Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThe movie's a must for baseball fans in general and Red Sox fans in particular - if nothing else, it will help remove the battery-acid taste of the season now stumbling to a close.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirImmediately leaps near the top of the list of greatest baseball documentaries.
- 80New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierA wild and unexpected film.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurraySome of Knuckleball!'s best scenes show Dickey and Wakefield hanging out with Hough and Phil Niekro (the latter the rare knuckleballer who threw the pitch his whole career rather than turning to it out of desperation), talking about the mechanics and the mojo of the knuckler.
- 70NPRScott TobiasNPRScott TobiasKnuckleball! looks and feels like a standard ESPN documentary, slickly packaged and a little bloodless, and Stern and Sundberg lean a little heavily on music to goose up the excitement.
- 63Slant MagazineBill WeberSlant MagazineBill WeberThis chronicle of two athletes throwing baseball's funkiest, least respected pitch is given depth by their stranger-than-fiction underdog status and camaraderie with mentors who've had the same struggles.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough not novel enough to attract non-devotees of America's Pastime, the film should please fans on the small screen.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearViewers who can't get enough of ESPN's "30 for 30" docs will lap up this dual portrait.