Cobb

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Cobb

R

1994

2h 8m

Biography

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Baseball legend Ty Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones) pressures biographer Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) to whitewash the sordid details of his life.

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Critics Consensus

Tommy Lee Jones's searing performance helps to elevate Cobb above your typical sports biopic; he's so effective, in fact, that some may find the film unpleasant.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Feb 21, 2018

Cobb is a refreshingly spiky antidote to all the Hollywood paeans to the glory of the game.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

May 6, 2014

3.5/4

Most biopics mistakenly try to take us from cradle to grave and end up skimming the surface. The wisdom of Cobb is that writer-director Ron Shelton knows that the close study of a single day can decode a human life.

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

May 6, 2014

2.5/4

Unfortunately, the movie just makes Stump look like a self-important jerk, possibly a bigger jerk than Cobb, and Wuhl's affable, weightless performance doesn't help.

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Ralph Novak

People Magazine

May 6, 2014

A curiously gripping amalgam of Patton, Citizen Kane and Melvin and Howard.

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Candice Russell

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

May 6, 2014

To watch Tommy Lee Jones re-create the persona of the Hall of Famer in Cobb is to encounter the greatest SOB ever to come down the pike -- in or out of the domain of sports. The trek is hardly entertaining.

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Dan Webster

Spokesman-Review (Washington)

May 6, 2014

While the story of Cobb himself is a worthy one (Shelton's treatment, believe it or not, even has its similarities to Orson Welles' Citizen Kane), Shelton shortchanges the very game that made the man famous.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Feb 13, 2026

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom.

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Mo S.

@9mr_0 Nov 30, 2025

رغم قلت معرفتي بالبيسبول و اسف ما بحثت عن الاعب الحقيقي قبل وبعد الفلم عجز مني لكن من خلال مشاهدة الفلم ستمتعت بي قصه حلوه اداء ممثلين كان رائع ‏رؤية المخرج لسرد الاحداث كانت ممتعه

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Frans B

@FransB Oct 10, 2025

Brilliant! Alarming, disturbing sometimes and very real feel. Very well written and brought to screen. Great performances by whole cast, especially Tommy Lee Jones. Amazing cinematography and visually stunning. Very entertaining and gripping. Highly recommended

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mark g

@RT60762654 Jan 16, 2025

Tommy Lee Jones at his best, at times it becomes cringeworthy, a testament to his talent. Apparently it is mostly fictitious, but that doesn't really take anything away from the overall production.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 Feb 19, 2023

Tommy Lee Jones is fantastic but the film is character assassination and almost completely fictional. Why?

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Sep 11, 2021

Best baseball movie of all time, regardless of what Dan Harris and Brendan Tuma say.

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Synopsis

Baseball legend Ty Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones) pressures biographer Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) to whitewash the sordid details of his life.

Director: Ron Shelton
Producer: David V. Lester
Production Co: Warner Bros., Regency Enterprises, Alcor Films
Rating: R
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $648.1K
Runtime: 2h 8m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround

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