Game 6 (2005)
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 40
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 16
Though packed with Don DeLillo's witty dialogue and bolstered by strong performances, particularly by lead Michael Keaton, Game 6 also suffers from uneven direction and overwrought symbolism.
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 7
Though packed with Don DeLillo's witty dialogue and bolstered by strong performances, particularly by lead Michael Keaton, Game 6 also suffers from uneven direction and overwrought symbolism.
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A writer runs an obstacle course of neuroses as he prepares to debut an important new work in this comedy drama. Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is a successful playwright who, after a series of hit comedies, is about to debut a deeply personal drama, and is more than a little nervous about how it will be received. Rogan has learned that notoriously tough critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) will be reviewing the opening night performance; a bad notice from Schwimmer sent Nicky's good friend
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Michael Keaton
Nicky Rogan -
Robert Downey Jr.
Steven Schwimmer -
Ari Graynor
Laurel Rogan -
Bebe Neuwirth
Joanna Bourne -
Griffin Dunne
Elliott Litvak -
Shalom Harlow
Paisley Porter -
Nadia Dajani
Renee Simons -
Roger Rees
Jack Haskins -
Tom Aldredge
Michael Rogan -
Lillias White
Toyota Moseby -
Amir Ali Said
Matthew -
Catherine O'Hara
Lillian Rogan -
David Guion
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All Critics (40) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (16)
For fans of DeLillo, Keaton and/or either team in that classic Series, this curious little picture is worth tracking down.
Top CriticFor better and worse, this is a fiction writer's movie: the dialogue is admirably precise, yet the restrictive worldview that's so gripping in DeLillo's books seems like mere solipsism on-screen.
... a quirky little comedy ...
Novelist Don DeLillo brings many of his strengths to the screenplay for Game 6.
DeLillo and company have let one go through their legs.
A meditation on American theater and the Great American Pastime that hovers above the surface of reality but never quite takes off, either.
Filled with heavy dialogue, Game 6 is a film that feels more appropriate for the stage. That said, it takes on challenging themes and deep thoughts.
The big problem here is one of credibility, on a number of fronts.
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.
Game 6 is ultimately a curious dud, although it makes us anxiously await DeLillo's next time at bat.
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.
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.
The Red Sox as fatalistic metaphor is almost a quaint notion now, but Game 6 brings it all back to vivid life.
The thudding, obvious symbolism is the film's biggest concern and its primary problem.
A very nice and simple film, with clear messages and sparklingly witty dialogue.
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.
A shaky director, a deadly critic and a losing ball club collide in an entertaining surreal showdown just off Broadway.
Keaton is terrific, as is the entire cast; the result is a lean, polished little gem.
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.
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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"It's opening night... Let the games begin."
I really wish I would have liked Game 6 more. I like the story. A writer has a new play coming out, that is supposed to be his best work. Everyone is informing him that a tough critic is going to tear his play apart and this begins to worry him. As that is going on it's also the night game 6 of the 1986 World Series is being played(most remembered for Buckner's less than impressive play). Nicky is a Red Sox fan, but doesn't hold out to much hope for the Red Sox winning the World Series.
What seems like a really cool story turns out to not make a great movie. At least in the hands of Michael Hoffman. As much as I wanted to like the movie; nothing in the actual movie was able to allow me to like it. The cast is fine with some pretty big names like Keaton, O'Hara and Downey Jr, but the movie has many flaws and the actors aren't able to make the movie anything special.
All in all Game 6 is a pretty joyless experience. It's also very disappointing because I believe it could have been so much more.