▁Number ▁ 1 ▁spot . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁received ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics . ▁Review ▁aggreg ation ▁website ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 0 %, ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 8 5 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 . 2 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" Thanks ▁to ▁the ▁spir ited ▁performances ▁of ▁a ▁tal ented ▁cast ▁– ▁particularly ▁Will ▁Fer rell ▁and ▁Jon ▁H eder ▁as ▁riv als - turn ed - te amm ates ▁– ▁Bl ades ▁of ▁Gl ory ▁successfully ▁spo of s ▁inspir ational ▁sports ▁dram as ▁with ▁inspired ▁abandon ." ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 6 4 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 3 5 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ". ▁Aud ien ces ▁pol led ▁by ▁Cinema Score ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁an ▁average ▁grade ▁of ▁" B " ▁on ▁an ▁A + ▁to ▁F ▁scale . ▁ ▁The ▁Month ly ▁critic ▁Luke ▁Dav ies ▁accepted ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁a ▁fun ▁rom p , ▁comparing ▁it ▁to ▁Will ▁Fer rell ' s ▁previous ▁mov ies ▁An ch orm an : ▁The ▁Leg end ▁of ▁Ron ▁Burg und y ▁and ▁T alla de ga ▁N ights : ▁The ▁Ball ad ▁of ▁R icky ▁Bobby ▁and ▁wrote ▁posit ively ▁of ▁Fer rell ' s ▁performance , ▁describing ▁that ▁" there ▁is ▁a ▁par od ic ▁ex