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Cobb (1994)

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Reviews Counted:30

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Rotten:10

Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: When sports writer Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) attempts to write a biography of legendary Detroit Tiger Tyrus Raymond Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones), Stump discovers that baseball's first Hall of Famer's an... When sports writer Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) attempts to write a biography of legendary Detroit Tiger Tyrus Raymond Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones), Stump discovers that baseball's first Hall of Famer's an egotistical and abusive bigot. While the aging Cobb drags Stump from bar to bar, Stump must determine whether or not to publicize the ugly truth about a great American hero. [More]

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich

Director: Ron Shelton

Director: Ron Shelton
Screenwriter: Ron Shelton
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
Producer: David Lester

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Massively underrated.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
08/05/08
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

Director Shelton is a master at locker room drama, and helped by a towering performance of snarling egomania and drug-fuelled bitterness from Jones, he tackles the dichotomies of [Cobb] with engaging enthusiasm.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/05/08
Channel 4 Film

It's such a potent and courageous wreck of a movie that it's worth more than most 'successes.'

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/05/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Tommy Lee Jones is superb in the title role, but writer-director Ron Shelton unwisely chose to structure the film as a two-character piece, thus placing undue attention on the lackluster character of Cobb's biographer, Al Stump.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/05/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's unclear just how much sympathy we are to extend the unrepentant and bullying title character.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/05/08
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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02/22/08
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12/11/07
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

Shelton's film is about the nature of truth and popular myth, about the single-minded pursuit of glory, and the horrors within. It's also very funny.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

Tommy Lee Jones gives an uncompromisingly volcanic performance as the psychotic bigot, one of baseball greatest players, known for his aggressive conduct, racism, and sexism.

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06/02/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Completely enthralling from first frame to last, Cobb is a fascinating, uncompromising portrait of a rage-filled, contradictory man fighting his own private war with the world.

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01/26/06
Chuck O'Leary
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Fantastica Daily

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03/30/05
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Los Angeles CityBeat

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10/21/04
Rebecca Murray
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10/08/04
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06/25/04
Daniel Eagan
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03/18/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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Completely uncompromising in a way that films, especially sports films, just aren't.

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09/29/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Despite Jones' performance, it's a disappointing biopic

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07/11/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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02/21/03
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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This movie is two hours of Jones acting badly and Wuhl looking drawn.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Brad Laidman
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