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Cobb (1994)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:20
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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Reviews for Cobb
This histrionic portrait of the most celebrated cur in sports history comes across like a fly ball that thuds on the ground.
Shelton's strong, stinging film -- one of the year's best -- wants to get at something ingrained in the American character: the irrational desire to make saints of sports heroes.
Of all the good and great movies that have slipped through the cracks in recent years, none has been treated as appallingly as Cobb.
Pleasant? No. But the new biographical film Cobb, about baseball great Ty Cobb, is certainly engrossing -- primarily due to a smashing lead performance by Tommy Lee Jones.
It's not enough, and you end up feeling -- despite Jones' dead-on performance -- like you've been cheated. It looks good. It feels right. It gets the job done…. But there's nothing there. Just like Cobb. Maybe that's the point.
It's the kind of film where you admire the craftsmanship and artistry while questioning the wisdom of the project itself.
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