Home Run (2013)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 5
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Baseball all-star Cory Brand knows what it takes to win in the big leagues. But off the field, with memories of his past haunting him, his life is spiraling out of control. Hoping to save her client's career and reputation after a DUI and a team suspension, Cory's agent sends him back to the small town where he grew up. Forced to coach the local youth baseball team andspend eight weeks in the only recovery program in town, Cory can't wait to return to his old life as quickly as possible. As his
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The strongest scenes take place in dingy hotel rooms, on a deserted farm or in the rehab sessions. It's during these moments that "Home Run" swings for the fences, and often connects.
Top CriticIt's preaching the gospel of a 12-step recovery program with a heavy helping of Jesus for guidance. And the corn can get pretty high ...
Almost from the beginning the message overwhelms the medium.
This slightly better-than-average family film is all paint-by-numbers.
An inspirational and entertaining movie about a baseball player's road to recovery from addiction.
Athlete learns what's important in alcoholism drama.
Baseball, little kids and religion could be a queasy formula for the movie blues but, happily, this one slides down pretty easily.
It delivers its message of hope and healing in a manner that is honest, entertaining and authentic, in a film that can reach audiences both religious and secular.
Boilerplate rise-fall-redemption stuff that works more when it's trying to do less.
Well-cast but thinly scripted faith-based dramedy about baseball, booze and redemption
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In this PG-13-rated sports drama, a pro baseball All Star facing a DUI and league suspension (Elrod) is forced into rehab where he grew up, getting honest about his checkered past and taking on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team.
It's not as if the director and cast don't possess The Natural quality. All involved perform their best at Stealing Home and that's no Bull Durham. Still, every moviegoer knows the Angle in the Outfield here. Hell, when parodied in the hilarious HBO comedy Eastbound and Down, it sadly rings truer. Getting literally preached at from the pulpit, however, never feels like a great night at the movies.
Bottom line: Swing and a Diss.