Balls Up: Surprise Hit Despite Critic Backlash

0:00On April 21st, Mark Wahlberg's latest comedy Balls Up has shot to the top of Amazon Prime video charts, grabbing the number one spot overall as of. April 20th, 20th, 2026. Despite getting trashed by critics, it's outpacing even the new season of the boys, which dropped recently and sits at number two. In the movie's category alone, Balls Up holds strong at number one, beating out stuff like, The Balls Baby at number two, and Crime 101 at number. 3. It's dominating the streaming lists, pulling in huge views even with all the backlash. Critics are ripping it apart, calling it unfunny and loaded with cheat jokes, giving it a measly 28% on rotten tomatoes from, 32 reviews and just 26% from audiences. Metacritic echoes that with a 34 score and a 3.7 from users, marking it as generally unfavorable. The flick comes from director Peter Farley, the guy behind Green Book and Dumb and Dumber, and it's scripted by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the...

1:00Deadpool duo. Wahlberg's lead role has folks saying he's miscast, but viewers don't seem to care. This proves audiences are tuning out the haters, chasing raw entertainment over review scores, and Balls Up keeps climbing as Prime's surprise hit. That's your update from Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.