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Balls Up

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In this raunchy, over-the-top comedy, marketing executives Brad (Mark Wahlberg) and Elijah (Paul Walter Hauser) go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.

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Balls Up, thumbs down.

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Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) Apr 27
1.5/5
This alleged comedy has all the structural and performance elements required to create humour, but is stunningly unfunny. Go to Full Review
John Nugent Empire Magazine Apr 17
1/5
As far as titles go, Balls Up is about right. This is a disaster. Go to Full Review
Calum Marsh New York Times Apr 16
There are slapstick foibles, sight gags about rubbers, and many, many vulgar jokes — some good for a laugh, though I doubt the film's Oscar prospects. Go to Full Review
Lael Loewenstein FilmWeek (LAist) 1d
The film does itself no favors from the first minutes. Go to Full Review
John Stark Mac the Movie Guy 6d
62/100
Mostly this film works, at least on some base level, thanks to the talent involved,and the basic understanding of how to embrace a dumb concept for even dumber laughs. there is something about Balls Up. Go to Full Review
Whang Yee Ling The Straits Times (Singapore) Apr 27
2/5
The lo-jinks are dumb and dumber in a tedious farce. Go to Full Review
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Kal G @RT46804856 22h I liked it thought it was pretty fun, I liked the song in the end credits. See more Ebrima S @RT63662636 1d This movie was shit. Who allowed this to be green-lit? Made no sense, no respect for football made no sense. The acting was shit from everyone, inconsistencies, especially them being in Brazil, so won't people speak Portuguese to each other? Who green-lit this? See more dan M @DMichelson 1d Um?? Mark Whalberg has allowed himself to be part of a number of stinkers over the years, and has gotten lucky with a few should-be stinkers like "Ted" that ended up being pretty enjoyable and popular. But how he managed to get through the filming of this movie without saying, "contract be damned! I cannot waste another second on this embarrassment!' is beyond me. Zero chemistry, zero laughs, zero comic timing. There were too many instances of "should have been really funny but wasn't at all" to count. Paul Walter Hauser, who has been wonderful in some of his other works, was so tediously irritating I wanted to throw something at the TV. Even Molly Shannon's role was terrible, and she can make anything funny. I've never been a Sacha Baron Cohen fan, and his oppressive role certainly didn't change my mind. This is not a "so bad it's good" situation - this is bad. just bad. Avoid even watching the preview. See more Jon B @RT78166799 1d Just not a good movie. Starts off okay and just goes downhill really and the start wasn't going to set the world ablaze. A strange one really for Mark Wahlberg as he is a good actor. See more Caitlin S @RT59247399 2d I genuinely don’t understand the amount of hate and terrible reviews towards this movie! I’m so glad I didn’t listen and watched anyways, it was honestly hilarious See more Christian K @ckacar 2d Rough for all involved, no impact in really any sense. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this raunchy, over-the-top comedy, marketing executives Brad (Mark Wahlberg) and Elijah (Paul Walter Hauser) go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.
Director
Peter Farrelly
Producer
David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Andrew J. Muscato, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese
Screenwriter
Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese
Distributor
Prime Video
Production Co
Amazon MGM Studios
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Adventure, Action, Crime, Sports
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 15, 2026
Runtime
1h 44m