Moneyball (2011)

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• Tired of P

  
  Directed by Bennett Miller, Michael De Luca Productions, 2011. Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport Question: Did you ever have an idea that is absolutely insane but you know deep in your soul it will work?… More
  Directed by Bennett Miller, Michael De Luca Productions, 2011. Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport Question: Did you ever have an idea that is absolutely insane but you know deep in your soul it will work? Sure, nearly every one around you knocks you down especially when the idea doesn't take off right away. However, you stick to your guns and eventually there is some sort of payoff. In a nutshell - that is Moneyball - the latest Brad Pitt film. Well, I saw Moneyball yesterday, but I will admit that I was unsure about seeing it until someone asked me about it. It is not my normal genre to see, a sports film, but I was pleasantly surprised at the moral of the story. I felt a deep connection to it somehow. Currently, I am delving into a dream of becoming a professional movie reviewer; however, my style of reviewing is not the norm. Success has not arrived...yet. Being a certain age or having some wisdom I realize struggle is part of dreaming and nothing is going to stop me from obtaining my goal. So, if you have ever had a dream - even a crazy one - you should see Moneyball. This isn't a typical baseball tale. The story is not about achieving absolute greatness either. That only happens in the movies, and with that, so often it skews our realities when we pursue our dreams. It was completely refreshing to see a story with a real outcome. Of course, it is based on the true story of the 2002 Oakland A's and how the General Manager, Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), tried something completely radical to improve the team. Is this the full reality of what happened? I cannot answer that. I can tell you I was unaware of how the business of baseball worked but got a crash course with this movie. Some baseball teams have deep pockets while others have mere pittance to put their team together. That detail was surprising to learn and the Oakland A's, apparently, had the bottom of the barrel type of budget. So, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), found a young Yale graduate (Jonah Hill) who devised a mathematical scenario for a winning season. As I said it was a radical approach. However, those two believed in this new theory, called Moneyball, but discovered roadblocks left and right. Brad Pitt played the ex-baseball player turned general manager. This was not a typical character for him and I rather enjoyed the performance. Some are even buzzing about nominations. Now there were no elaborate pep-talks with an emotional melody playing in the background or even an overwhelming breakdown moment that the Academy usually looks for to nominate. He was just a man who loved baseball and his team and wanted to....wait! I can't tell you that. You have to see for yourself. I won't say anymore about the story but know this is not a fast paced movie. I should also say it is not a typical underdog story either. There was some humor in Moneyball that I wasn't expecting especially between the two lead actors. In fact, I was grinning for almost the entire movie. But I will say towards the end I had some mixed emotions. You will just have to see for yourself to understand what I mean. Moneyball is worth the price of the ticket. You might want to grab your kids (PG-13) to show them a tale of someone who pursues a dream despite the obstacles. My favorite part: The scenes between Brad Pitt's and Jonah Hill's characters. Oh, and when the daughter sings in the guitar store. My least favorite: Perhaps towards the end when my emotions kept going back and forth of liking then not liking then liking, etc..at what was happening. Rating: PG-13 Length: 133 minutes Rating: 8 out of 10

• Anthony L

  
  I'm not a sports fan and I have next to no knowledge or interest in Baseball. I really liked this film though, because what Bennett Miller, and no doubt Michael Lewis did in his book, was actually tap into something beyond just the sport and the passion for it. It's not all… More
  I'm not a sports fan and I have next to no knowledge or interest in Baseball. I really liked this film though, because what Bennett Miller, and no doubt Michael Lewis did in his book, was actually tap into something beyond just the sport and the passion for it. It's not all about the money either, it's a new way of thinking and not just a challenge of the traditional way of thinking but it's also a statement to the old way of thinking. Put that into another context like religion and you'd kick up quite a lot of controversy. For many, Baseball is a religion, making it for fascinating viewing, especially as it is all a true story. Captivating stuff, bravely showing very little Baseball playing footage too.

• Carlos M

  
  Brad Pitt is great in this smart drama that makes the most of the fact that it is a real story, with no need to turn to Hollywood contrivances or moral lessons - and it has its best moments when showing the offstage of baseball and discussing statistical strategies.

• Candy R

  
  I'm not into baseball but this is much more than the sport. Billy Beane former baseball player is General Manager of Oakland Athletics. His players get poached and he has very little budget. He employs an economics genius from Yale to help him target players. It is a ruthless… More
  I'm not into baseball but this is much more than the sport. Billy Beane former baseball player is General Manager of Oakland Athletics. His players get poached and he has very little budget. He employs an economics genius from Yale to help him target players. It is a ruthless game as men get traded like baseball cards. Heart warming, feel good movie. Good cast.

• Mario L M

  
  Moneyball wasn't one of the best movies of 2011. It's maybe one of the ten best but it ultimately deals in stakes that are negligible in our post-Recession reality and trucks in history so recent as render its major conflict moot. It's too smart to be a rabble rouser… More
  Moneyball wasn't one of the best movies of 2011. It's maybe one of the ten best but it ultimately deals in stakes that are negligible in our post-Recession reality and trucks in history so recent as render its major conflict moot. It's too smart to be a rabble rouser and too damn sentimental to be the big statement movie it wants to be. Jonah Hill isn't as good as the Academy thought he was and Philip Seymour Hoffman isn't given nearly enough to do. Director Bennett Miller keeps the film as quiet and interior as possible and as a result the film is one of the least adrenalized sports movies ever made. But the point of Moneyball isn't to be a cheer from the back rows crowd pleaser. It's not about the tradition annihilating science of saber metrics or even baseball at all really. It's about what it is to be man in America and it's also Brad Pitt's finest hour. Pitt, too old to be the beautiful trickster of his youth but too young for the movies George Clooney makes, stars as Billy Beane, general manager for the Oakland A's and the living embodiment of why it's not always a good idea to go with your gut. Beane is trying to rebuild his champion level team while not having the money or juice to do so. He's the kind of man for which great things were expected but never came. He gets sneered out of the Cleveland ball club when he comes recruiting and has to fight much harder than he should to convince his daughter that he's not the loser everyone else tells her he is. He's under tremendous pressure and he takes out on his portable radio and whatever else isn't nailed down but he rarely raises his voice to anyone. He spends hours alone in his car trying to suck down all the anger and self-doubt and bury it under a wincing smile. He does what we all do to varying degrees of success which is to imitate the impossible image we all had of our fathers when we were thirteen. Pitt has never been as closed off as he is in Moneyball but he's also never been this clearly expressive. You're with him for every minute of the film like you're with every outfielder that missed a critical line drive. Bennett Miller pulls off the quite the magic trick with this film, perfectly capturing the feeling of baseball while showing as little of it as possible. Moneyball isn't a film vibrant green infields, searing flood lights and solemn glory of the game. He films everything at a distance, in slow motion with naturalistic lighting. Everything feels pastoral and subdued. Miller knows that baseball isn't a sport to be cut like a noise pop music video. It's a game of sustained silences and gradual reversal. Miller never allows the wave of good feeling that comes with a record breaking winning streak to wash over you but he does hammer home the sinking feeling that comes with watching an easy win turn into a fight for dear life. His is an unpretentious, humane style that's well suited for the material and with Moneyball Mille has made a masterpiece of withholding. There are no legends in Moneyball, just damaged, stoic men doing the best they can in a midrange ball club. Parks and Recreation's Chris Pratt stands out as a Scott Hatteberg, a pitcher who lost his arm and must adjust to life as a fight baseman. Pratt's character is a man who has been so devastated by the loss of his defining attribute that he barley trusts himself to breath. His overwhelming fear is fascinating as is Miller decision to keep his redemptive arc off screen. Stephen Bishop as former star outfielder David Justice is good as the film's Doubting Thomas. He distrusts Beane's radicalism and autocratic distance. When he and Pitt finally have their reckoning, Bishop shines by underplaying the scene. He never goes for the high note and the film is mature enough to allow him to be wrong and to keep his pride. Philip Seymour Hoffman is almost wasted as A's coach Art Howe, the closest the film comes to having a standard issue archetype. He resists the change Pitt wants to bring to team to the point of light mutiny. He represents the old way, the received wisdom of two hundred years of determining a man's worth by the way he carries himself and Hoffman is too good an actor to let his underwritten part define his performance. The film's script by Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zillian, while not without its grace, shows its greatest weakness in it its inability to give the other side of the debate a solid argument. Jonah Hill, as a composite character nominally based former A's assistant GM and noted saber metrics practitioner Paul DePodesta, who's cast against type as a smart man who is neither bitterly angry nor cuttingly clever, is thoroughly dull since the only thing he can play convincingly is bitterly angry or cuttingly clever. Moneyball isn't ever going to be one of the greats. It's too cerebral and measured (as seen in its awkwardly assembled trailers) to build a cult around and too unabashedly romantic too be rallied around by critics. It's a movie of fine, deeply felt performances and unassuming weight. It's a film of almosts and never was and has more in common with a folk ballad than a stadium shaker. It's the kind of film to show your children if you want to show them while winning isn't everything, it's one of the most important things or if you want to give them a glimpse into what defined the American male persona in the early 21st century.

• Mark W

  
  A slow moving, dialogue driven Baseball film - that features very little actual Baseball - will almost certainly ostracise a large amount of viewers. However, this actually works on a surprisingly dramatic level from acclaimed stage director Bennett Miller. Based on the true story of… More
  A slow moving, dialogue driven Baseball film - that features very little actual Baseball - will almost certainly ostracise a large amount of viewers. However, this actually works on a surprisingly dramatic level from acclaimed stage director Bennett Miller. Based on the true story of financially crippled baseball team, the Oakland Athletics and their general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), who tried to hold them all together. In order to make a winning team with no money, he had to change the sport. To do this, he enlisted the help of smart young analyst Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) and attempted to use a new formula of computer-generated analysis to acquire new players. How this film manages to maintain your interest - with constant boardroom discussions and talk of Baseball statistics - is testament to everyone involved. Miller's direction is low-key, adding an almost documentary feel; Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin's screenplay is full of natural dialogue and Pitt's central performance is subtly brilliant. This doesn't rely on special effects - or even on the game itself that much - to entertain. It relies on a basic story well told. The formula of sports films are left far behind for this fly-on-the-wall approach to the business side of sport. There's no players pointing to the sky before knocking the ball out of the park: there's no clock ticking as the underdog tries to overcome the big-hitters. Well, in some cases you could say this happens. But it happens less on the park and more in the offices and boardrooms of the backroom staff. This inevitably leads to talking. Lots of talking. But thankfully, the cast are more than up for the challenge. Pitt (in an Oscar nominated turn) is an actor that has grown in the maturity of his recent roles and handles the difficult role of Billy Beane to perfection. The normally profane Jonah Hill (also Oscar nominated) is effectively reserved and even Philip Seymour Hoffman, in a vastly underwritten role, manages to speak a thousand words with his expressions alone. The only downside it had was it's over-length. At over two hours long, it's hard to maintain your concentration with a film that is primarily concerned with number crunching. However, most of the time does, surprisingly, fly by. An unconventional sports film that focuses on a side of the game that is rarely addressed. In our current financial climate, this has been released at just the right time.

• Albert K

  
  "Moneyball". The best sports movie I've seen in a very, very long time. In a genre that's plateaued due to the reliance of cliche's, "Moneyball" tells the other side of professional baseball that is both emotionally involving and engaging. Slow-mo… More
  "Moneyball". The best sports movie I've seen in a very, very long time. In a genre that's plateaued due to the reliance of cliche's, "Moneyball" tells the other side of professional baseball that is both emotionally involving and engaging. Slow-mo final pitch to end the game? Not found in "Moneyball". Cliche last timeout speech to draw the players' weak knees back to strength? Not found here. Yet in the end of the day, the movie carries the tension and satisfying freedom of joy many sports movies offer without being desperate to make audiences care. The success in "Moneyball" comes down to its finesse and intricate screenplay. Very well written. This is the most multilayered role Brad Pitt has had in a long time. You see his battles with his internal struggles through simple yet effective facial jerks and expressions. You see frustration and joy in what he does. Brad Pitt proves, once again, that he has earned his stardom through his great acting performance. "Moneyball" is a must watch. It may seem like a movie for only baseball enthusiasts but make no mistake, it is a highly engaging and entertaining movie for any person that enjoys drama.

• Sergio G

  
  Brad Pitt nominated for an Oscar for this movie. Why I wouldn't see it? I like it very much. Even when I don't like baseball. Usually true story movies open your eyes wider than usual. Fantastic editing, story and charaters. But honestly, Brad has performed A LOT better in… More
  Brad Pitt nominated for an Oscar for this movie. Why I wouldn't see it? I like it very much. Even when I don't like baseball. Usually true story movies open your eyes wider than usual. Fantastic editing, story and charaters. But honestly, Brad has performed A LOT better in other films.

• Joshua W

  
  This film was ok. I don't believe it deserved a nod for best picture but hey I'm not in the academy. My opinion is that this is narrowed in on a small demographic. If this film was made say 5 or 10 years from now, maybe it would have been a really big hit. I do like how… More
  This film was ok. I don't believe it deserved a nod for best picture but hey I'm not in the academy. My opinion is that this is narrowed in on a small demographic. If this film was made say 5 or 10 years from now, maybe it would have been a really big hit. I do like how it didn't follow the cliché of underdog wins the big game at the end. (Though some say that was it's undoing.) I loved the direction but felt the script jumped around too much. When I look at a film on how it was made I was thinking they made the part for Philip Seymour Hoffman so he could have a nomination for best supporting actor, BUT OH WAIT! I don't think even the makers of this film didn't know the talent they had in Jonah Hill. I've been given alot of crap for saying this but I feel Hill should have won for best supporting actor. I will admit I teared up at the end of this film but again I don't think it was worthy of the Best Pic nom.

• E.J. B

  
  Sports fans love discussing player stats. They enjoy debating with each other every aspect of team management, player ability, and rank as if the only thing that's keeping them from being general managers and coaches is their will. But like everything else, politics drives… More
  Sports fans love discussing player stats. They enjoy debating with each other every aspect of team management, player ability, and rank as if the only thing that's keeping them from being general managers and coaches is their will. But like everything else, politics drives sports. Money speaks volumes. And few sports films have captured the backdoor dealings and struggles of managing a sports team with such authenticity as well as Bennett Miller's Moneyball. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, a washed up baseball player who was scouted at a young age to be the next biggest name in baseball. It didn't work out, but his knowledge of the game landed him a job as the general manager for the Oakland Athletics, a struggling franchise with the lowest payroll in all of Major League Baseball. Pitt's performance here is subtle. He gives this character so much development, but because this is a movie mainly set in boardrooms and baseball dugouts, Pitt's added nuances are most likely to go over the audience's head. But that's supposed to happen because the movie wants you to identify with Billy's struggle to deliver a winning team against much opposition. Jonah Hill is Pitt's supporting man and this is quite possibly Hill's first non-comedic role. He plays Peter Brand, a young sports analyst who is developing a theory on evaluating players. This theory uses statistics and a bunch of mathematical algorithms to accurately reflect a player's ability to perform what is asked of him. Using these principles, Peter and Billy attempt to completely re-configure the Athletics, and in doing so, not only changed the way players' stats are read, but they delivered the Athletics to one of their best season performances in years. Moneyball will work best on sports fans and business people. The language and the dialogue reflect an atmosphere of discussions, thinking, analyzing, and meetings. It shows a side to the sport that is rarely captured in the movies. So many sports films are about the players and how they overcome obstacles to score the winning points and be holstered up to the many cheers by their fans and teammates. Yet Moneyball is about different kinds of people overcoming similar obstacles. The difference is that their hard work is rewarded with hand shakes and contract renewals, while the players enjoy the glory. Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillan have written a wonderful screenplay, Pitt and Jonah give wonderful performances alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright, and Bennett Miller delivers another great film. Moneyball is a solid home run.

• Graham J

  
  For sure the best film about baseball I've seen. Great performance from Brad Pitt but really the whole cast shines.

• Tim S

  
  For the most part, sports movies are not really my thing. I actually like sports movies that aren't really about the sport. Movies like Rocky, Field of Dreams, Slap Shot... they're all movies about the characters and not the backdrop. I really wanted to like Moneyball… More
  For the most part, sports movies are not really my thing. I actually like sports movies that aren't really about the sport. Movies like Rocky, Field of Dreams, Slap Shot... they're all movies about the characters and not the backdrop. I really wanted to like Moneyball because it falls in the same line in that it isn't necessarily about Baseball; instead it's about managing a baseball team. Yet, it winds up being about the sport rather the characters in spite of itself. It's not really the movie's fault, in this instance. It's based on a true story and in order for the story to work properly, it kind of has to fall into this trap. It's a shame that it does because it's very interesting up until about the second act and then it starts to feel like it has nowhere to go after that. At least it did to me. I don't fault anybody's performances, the director or any of the people involved really. It's just that it just winds up feeling a bit cliche'd and tiresome. Not for lack of style, or even lack of trying. It's good, definitely above mediocre, but it never manages to quite knock it out of the park the way it should.

• Mark R

  
  American underdog sports movies are far from a new concept, but rarely does one come together as well as Bennett Miller's MONEYBALL. It's something of a hard sell, given that the film more concerned with statistics and percentages than the game of baseball itself, yet… More
  American underdog sports movies are far from a new concept, but rarely does one come together as well as Bennett Miller's MONEYBALL. It's something of a hard sell, given that the film more concerned with statistics and percentages than the game of baseball itself, yet writers Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin craft a surprisingly compelling story, and Miller's understated, almost old-fashioned direction allows the beauty of the story to play out naturally, despite a slightly overlong runtime. As previously mentioned, MONEYBALL is more of a business film than a sports film, telling the story of the under-funded Oakland Athletics' 2002 Major League season, a season where general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) and freshly graduated economics major Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) shook the game's backroom strategy to the foundations. Brand's radical approach (selecting a team based on statistics rather than individual performance) isn't exactly the most cinematic of concepts, yet Zaillian's excellent story construction coupled with the wonderful dialogue from Sorkin simplifies what could be a densely intimidating and complex subject, with breezy, relatable, and very entertaining results. Much like Sorkin's Oscar-winning THE SOCIAL NETWORK screenplay, MONEYBALL uses the real-life events as a frame to hang much grander ideas on, and even for viewers unfamiliar or uninterested in the sport, there is much here to enjoy. No discussion of MONEYBALL would be complete without special attention being paid to the fabulous double act of Pitt and Hill, both arguably delivering the finest performances of their careers. The two play so well off of one another, with Pitt in particular revealing a little seen everyman quality which fits his character, and the film, perfectly. Beane lives everyday with the spectre of past failure hovering around him, yet his ambition is never shaken, even in the face of tremendous adversity. It's a remarkably mature performance from Pitt capping off a very strong year (inculding similarly solid work in THE TREE OF LIFE), suggesting that he has finally shaken totally free of his pretty boy 'star' image to become a vastly talented actor, the Robert Redford heir apparent which many have been foreseeing for years. Hill also surprises in an against-type role, but is unquestionably second fiddle to Pitt. There is strong competition from several films in this year's Oscar race, yet MONEYBALL more than deserves to stand alongside the best of them. Subtle, heartfelt and inspiring with perfectly pitched performances, Miller, Zaillian, Sorkin and Pitt knock it out of the park. tinribs27.wordpress.com

• Jameson W

  
  Really good film! Great script from Aaron Sorkin, and solid performances all around...

• Spencer S

  
  It seems strange to me that sports movies keep dominating the box office, but it's in no way a trivial endeavor to make these kinds of heartwarming films. The athletes and coaches, and even general managers in them are real people and most of these movies are based on true… More
  It seems strange to me that sports movies keep dominating the box office, but it's in no way a trivial endeavor to make these kinds of heartwarming films. The athletes and coaches, and even general managers in them are real people and most of these movies are based on true events, or else they downplay to the sensibilities of children. These are the best kind of hero worship films and it's not because the heroes in them are superhuman. On the contrary, we watch because they could do it so in retrospect so can we. What feels like the antithesis of that is Moneyball, a darker look at the winning streaks of the almighty teams that gave us legends such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Sammy Sosa. This film decisively cuts down talent and guts, the glory of being the best, and simply states that the winners aren't always perfect, aren't always believed in and rooted for with the same gumption and moxie as the other, better teams. Baseball is money, and the reasoning behind the book and subsequent film is there, it's a game changer. What happens, of course, is that we root for them anyway. The Oakland A's took the nation by storm in 2002 by proving that the nostalgic days of baseball lore aren't always the most useful for winning, and it's not the big players that baseball rakes in that count, but the efforts of an entire team. Though the underdog isn't always empathetic the film does follow General Manager Billy Bean, who only ever wanted to live up to the hype he was given long ago when he was simply a player. It's more his story than anyone else's. Nothing in this film works the same as regular baseball films, with the gravitas after the big win, and the unbelievable strength of a team of misfits and outcasts. There isn't really a villain, and you can't blame the system because Beane is trying to work it so he can win the title. Beane, who acts first as a stoic figure and then has an emotional breakdown is impressively human, detached from everything else yet contingent to its success. Though it wasn't the hard hitting dramatic venture I was hoping for, or the feel good movie of the year, it was really enjoyable and surely befitting some praise.

• Kase V

  
  'Moneyball' may fall short of movie of the year, but this film could have some Oscar nominations heading its way. Directed with a steady hand and driven by a talented cast, 'Moneyball' becomes much more than a film about baseball. It is a film about intellect,… More
  'Moneyball' may fall short of movie of the year, but this film could have some Oscar nominations heading its way. Directed with a steady hand and driven by a talented cast, 'Moneyball' becomes much more than a film about baseball. It is a film about intellect, guts, and taking on the system, and Brad Pitt makes every line and every second irresistible.

• Stella D

  
  good script by sorkin and zaillian and a great performance by pitt keep the film moving and consistently entertaining for the 2 hour run time. don't know how it would go down with non baseball fans though

• Daniel P

  
  Surprisingly good film... and though Billy Beane's refrain throughout is "It's hard not to get romantic about baseball," this is a baseball movie that's as romantic as the rest of them. I've been meaning to read the book for a long time, but have feared… More
  Surprisingly good film... and though Billy Beane's refrain throughout is "It's hard not to get romantic about baseball," this is a baseball movie that's as romantic as the rest of them. I've been meaning to read the book for a long time, but have feared that's it's going to be too heavy on the stats. I'm now worried that when I read the book, I'm going to exclaim "Wow, this is about so much more than on-base percentage!" and think less of the film. But as a baseball fan, and one who doesn't study too hard, this film was perfect for me: moneyball is in my vocabulary (particularly because I cheer for the low-budget Blue Jays), and this film makes the ideas and the people behind them accessible for the casual fan without alienating those I-don't-know-a-thing-about-Bill-James people like myself. Pitt is enjoyable, playing basically himself, and Jonah Hill is an interesting nominee for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, because his character really does have an arc in the film... maybe a better one than Billy Beane himself. And if you're still not convinced to watch it: Aaron Sorkin worked on the script, and it's taut like all his other work. Enough said. Good flick.

• Mike S

  
  Compelling sports drama, based on the true story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, and how he in collaboration with various player analysts, developed a groundbreaking strategy for creating a successful baseball team, in spite of limited finances. Brad Pitt and Jonah… More
  Compelling sports drama, based on the true story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, and how he in collaboration with various player analysts, developed a groundbreaking strategy for creating a successful baseball team, in spite of limited finances. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill fulfill their roles exceptionally, and the way Billy and Peter put their heads together to realize their philosophy, is really interesting to follow and keeps you glued to the seat. It may be easy to think of baseball as just a bunch of guys swinging a bat, but if there's anything this film underscores, it's that there's a science to every sport, that involves a lot of complex variables and constantly changing factors. You don't need to be a baseball nerd to enjoy it though. Personally, my interest in the sport is quite scarce; I like playing it, but not so much watching it. Rather, the winning formula of this movie is owed to the strong lead performances, a well-polished script and the fascinating, moreover inspiring qualities of the story. The only aspects in which it drops the ball somewhat is in the pacing and running time. A higher tempo would have been preferable, and I don't think it would have suffered from being a little shorter in duration. In all other regards, however, it scores a clean, definite and hall-of-fame-worthy home run.

• Tim S

  
  I hate baseball, but I loved this movie. Brad Pitt is good, but I was more impressed with the script and how the film was executed. Big praise to Bennett Miller who took a good sports story and made it a great movie. I found myself cheering even though I knew what happened at the end.… More
  I hate baseball, but I loved this movie. Brad Pitt is good, but I was more impressed with the script and how the film was executed. Big praise to Bennett Miller who took a good sports story and made it a great movie. I found myself cheering even though I knew what happened at the end. One of the better movies I have seen this year for sure.

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