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Game 6 (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 37

Fresh: 22

Rotten:15

Average Rating: 5.9/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for some language and sexuality.

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Mar 10, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: Written by award-winning novelist Don DeLillo (WHITE NOISE, UNDERWORLD) and directed by Michael Hoffman (SOAPDISH, ONE FINE DAY), GAME 6 is a smart psychological study of a man unable to face the... Written by award-winning novelist Don DeLillo (WHITE NOISE, UNDERWORLD) and directed by Michael Hoffman (SOAPDISH, ONE FINE DAY), GAME 6 is a smart psychological study of a man unable to face the reality of his life. Michael Keaton stars as Nickey Rogan, a successful playwright of Broadway fluff whose new, serious play is scheduled to open on October 25, 1986 -- the same night his beloved Boston Red Sox have a chance at winning the World Series, playing Game 6 against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. Despite his popular success, Rogan sees his life as being as futile as the Red Sox, who have not won the baseball championship since 1918. He's not very close with his daughter (Ari Graynor), his wife (Catherine O'Hara) is divorcing him, his girlfriend (Bebe Neuwirth) doesn't understand him, and his lead actor (Harris Yulin) has a parasite in his brain that is causing him to forget his lines. Meanwhile, Rogan is terrified that hated theater critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) will tear his play apart, leaving him a shell of a man, like his friend Elliot Litvack (Griffin Dunne). A former cabdriver, Rogan spends much of the day stuck in taxis in heavy traffic, attempting to engage the hacks in conversation, and bonding better with strangers than with his friends and family. As the curtain approaches, he can't decide whether he'd rather be at the play or watching the game on television, afraid that both might fail him. Hoffman sets the film in a tight-knit New York City community that moves at a snail's pace, where coincidences both welcome and not abound. Keaton excels as the tortured soul who is looking for that critical hit--in both Broadway and baseball parlance. He just can't face another ball going through his legs. Hoboken's Yo La Tengo composed the movie's excellent score. [More]

Starring: Michael Keaton, Robert Downey, Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth

Starring: Michael Keaton, Robert Downey, Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine O'Hara, Ari Graynor, Shalom Harlow, Nadia Dajani, Harris Yulin

Director: Michael Hoffman

Director: Michael Hoffman
Screenwriter: Don DeLillo
Producer: Michael Nozik, Amy Robinson, Christina Weiss Lurie, Griffin Dunne, Leslie Urdang
Composer: Yo La Tengo
Studio: Kindred Media Group

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The big problem here is one of credibility, on a number of fronts.

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03/01/07
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

Um retrato pretensioso de Nova York como centro dramático do mundo que acaba se salvando em função dos bons diálogos e das ótimas performances de Keaton e Downey Jr.

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06/12/06
Pablo Villaca
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05/13/06
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05/06/06
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

If you're looking for a film about smart, confused people who make mistakes (like Buckner) and try to learn from them, this could be it.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
05/04/06
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

... a quirky little comedy ...

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04/28/06
Leba Hertz
San Francisco Chronicle
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Game 6 is enthralled with the sound of its words, even as it loves the deliberate, sensual pace of a well-played (or well-lost) ball game.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
04/27/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Novelist Don DeLillo brings many of his strengths to the screenplay for Game 6.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
04/20/06
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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The Red Sox as fatalistic metaphor is almost a quaint notion now, but Game 6 brings it all back to vivid life.

Full Review Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram | comment Comment
04/14/06
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The thudding, obvious symbolism is the film's biggest concern and its primary problem.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
04/13/06
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

A very nice and simple film, with clear messages and sparklingly witty dialogue.

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04/10/06
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

DeLillo and company have let one go through their legs.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
04/07/06
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Keaton embraces his role with a relish he hasn't shown in more than a decade, winding his character into new corners of desperation with each scene.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
04/06/06
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

A shaky director, a deadly critic and a losing ball club collide in an entertaining surreal showdown just off Broadway.

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04/03/06
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

A meditation on American theater and the Great American Pastime that hovers above the surface of reality but never quite takes off, either.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
04/01/06
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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Keaton is terrific, as is the entire cast; the result is a lean, polished little gem.

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03/31/06
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Clangs with the ripely overwritten dialogue of award-winning novelist Don DeLillo. And that dialogue, coupled with a go-nowhere script, is this wannabe-likeable indie drama's undoing.

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03/31/06
E! Online
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No writer could ever top the high drama witnessed in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series — which may be the point of this sloppy but endearing mash note to baseball, art and fate.

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03/30/06
James C. Taylor
L.A. Weekly
 
 
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