Hardball (2001)
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38% of critics liked it
(99 reviews) -
70% of users liked it
(54,292 ratings)
Television actor-turned-director Brian Robbins follows up Varsity Blues (1999) and Ready to Rumble (2000) with another sports comedy. Keanu Reeves stars as Conor O'Neill, an underachiever and inveterate sports gambler who needs a bailout loan from a friend to pay off his mounting debt. As a… More Television actor-turned-director Brian Robbins follows up Varsity Blues (1999) and Ready to Rumble (2000) with another sports comedy. Keanu Reeves stars as Conor O'Neill, an underachiever and inveterate sports gambler who needs a bailout loan from a friend to pay off his mounting debt. As a condition for receiving the necessary funds, Conor is saddled with coaching a corporate-sponsored Little League baseball team for underprivileged youth in Chicago's notorious Cabrini Green housing project. Reluctant at first, Conor slowly begins to enjoy his new authority role, especially when he makes the acquaintance of his players' attractive teacher, Elizabeth Wilkes (Diane Lane). Based on the real-life chronicle Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Outside magazine editor Daniel Coyle, Hardball also stars D.B. Sweeney and Mike McGlone. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Brian Robbins
- Written By
- John Gatins
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Sep 14, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
A smarmy proposition passing itself off as family fun in the style of The Bad News Bears.
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Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Works where it counts, on the emotional level.
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John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews
Had Paramount played more team ball, they coulda been a contender
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Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
This umpire calls Hardball out at first base.
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
This is less a hardball than a softball, without any curves or surprises.
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Cast
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Keanu Reeves
as Conor O'Neill
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Diane Lane
as Elizabeth Wilkes
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John Hawkes
as Ticky Tobin
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D.B. Sweeney
as Matt Hyland
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Sterling Elijah Brown
as Sterling
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A. Delon Ellis Jr.
as Miles Pennfield II
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Julian Griffith
as Jefferson Albert Tibbs
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Bryan C. Hearne
as Andre Ray Peetes
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Michael B. Jordan
as Jamal
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Kristopher Lofton
as Clarence
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Michael Perkins
as Kofi Evans
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Brian Reed
as Ray-Ray
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Alexander Telles
as Alex
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DeWayne Warren
as G-Baby
- Stephen Cinabro
- Graham Beckel



