For Love of the Game (1999)
64 %
Reviews Counted: 53 Fresh: 34 Rotten:19 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Consensus:
Baseball wins, romance loses.
Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins
Synopsis: Director Sam Raimi follows up his 1998 hit A SIMPLE PLAN with a movie that completes Mr. Costner's unofficial trilogy of baseball films. Told almost entirely in flashback, the film concerns an already legendary 40 year-old pitcher, Billy Chapel, pitching the last game of his career that also... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox
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06/17/08
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For Love of the Game is painless, but it's also pompous and pious about baseball in a way that doesn't mean much to a non-fan like me.
02/13/08
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03/03/05
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02/21/04
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While For Love of the Game has much to recommend it, particularly Costner's strong, understated performance, Raimi throws too many unnecessary curves.
06/06/03
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08/02/02
The copious footage devoted to Billy and Jane's encounters might have been easier to sit through is there was any magic between Costner and Preston, but they're acting in two different films.
06/23/02
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06/05/02
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