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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA boxing film with no conflictual punch.
- 58Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyThe film is nothing much to look at and has trouble swallowing its own clichs and implausibilities.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsRon Shelton's boxing pic is long on road work but strictly a flyweight.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie doesn't know how odd it seems to cut from the bloodshed in the ring to the dialogue of the supporting players, who still think they're in a comedy.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaThis is no "Raging Bull."
- 30NewsweekNewsweekA half-hearted comedy whose jokes are far from a knockout.
- 25Miami HeraldSara WildbergerMiami HeraldSara WildbergerIf you really love "Bull Durham," don't go near Play It to the Bone. It will break your heart.
- 25Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldIn this movie, he (Shelton) falls so hard he becomes, for the first time in his career, genuinely offensive.
- 20TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelNever achieves more than feckless amiability.
- 20VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerA woefully under-realized story of small-time boxers enjoying perhaps their last moment in the spotlight.