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Michael Esposito, Chicago Tribune: Charming despite requisite training sequences and a cartoonishly evil opponent. Read more
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: This thin premise can't sustain a feature, and the racial and gay jokes are jarring, but the child actors are cute. Read more
Ted Fry, Seattle Times: Ping Pong Playa falters on formula only occasionally, but otherwise remains a consistently agreeable romp that strikes just the right chord of ironic sentimentally. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: Aside from the casting and the location shooting, there's not much to distinguish Ping Pong Playa from Ladybugs or The Mighty Ducks. Read more
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: The movie doesn't take its broad, jokey premise terribly far, but it manages to sustain a goofy-sweet comic energy and offers sly observations about assimilation, sibling rivalry and the art of competitive maternal bragging. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Interest in Playa lies in the fact that director Jessica Yu is a documentarian with a daring taste in subjects. Yet in her first non-doc feature, she plays it safe; even the championship showdown feels polite. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: There's no resisting the movie's antic affability or its irreverence, even with Chris's unavoidable progression toward the mature appreciation of his roots. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: A decidedly lightweight amusement, the first comedy from documentary filmmaker Jessica Yu is the sort of movie that works best if you keep your expectations low. Read more
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: A mostly amusing, appealing family comedy about going from pretender to contender, in life as well as pingpong. Read more