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Movie Info

Current and former baseball players Hank Aaron, Derek Jeter, Bob Gibson, George Brett, Johnny Bench, Justin Verlander, David Price and others discuss the art of throwing and hitting the fastball.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Jonathan Hock
Producer:

Michael Tollin, Philip A. Aromando, Thomas Tull
Writer:

Jonathan Hock
Release Date (Theaters):

Mar 25, 2016 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 25, 2017
Runtime:

1h 27m
Production Co:

Major League Baseball Productions, Legendary Entertainment
Sound Mix:

SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

Cast & Crew

Kevin Costner
Narrator

Jonathan Hock
Director

Jonathan Hock
Writer

Michael Tollin
Producer

Philip A. Aromando
Producer

Thomas Tull
Producer

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Critic Reviews for Fastball

All Critics (20) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (2)

If you are not familiar with this level of baseball nerdiness, then Fastball will be a revelation, and hopefully an entertaining one. If you are familiar, then Fastball will satisfy on a deep and extremely specific level.

March 31, 2016 | Full Review…

Sheila O'Malley
RogerEbert.com
A fascinating and downright lovable documentary feature by Jonathan Hock.

March 31, 2016 | Full Review…

Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
The sunniness of Fastball leaves out a lot, but watching it can be as pleasurable as an afternoon at the ballpark.

March 28, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
The lively MLB-produced doc's choice archival material and full roster of new interviews will delight fans, both as a warm-up to the 2016 season and beyond.

March 28, 2016 | Full Review…

Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
Hock's documentary has a thrilling pop that should help it strike a competitive chord with anyone even remotely enchanted by our national pastime.

March 25, 2016 | Full Review…

Nick Schager
Variety
You don't have to be a baseball fanatic or for that matter a historian or a physicist to appreciate "Fastball" ...

March 24, 2016 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
No seventh inning stretch needed for this documentary as you're in it for a full nine innings... Fastball knocks it out of the park.

November 5, 2019 | Full Review…

Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens
I've seen lots of baseball clips but there are clips in this film I've never seen, including some fine clips of the legendary Walter Johnson. But there's a lot more to it than that.This is a film that no baseball fan should miss.

April 21, 2016 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…

Tony Medley
Tolucan Times
Baseball historians will best appreciate this documentary that tries to prove a popular source of speculation among the sport's aficionados.

April 3, 2016 | Full Review…

Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
As the boys of summer prepare to take the field again, Fastball is a briskly paced, welcome warm-up, beer and peanuts not included.

March 25, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Barbara Vancheri
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Suitably solemn yet irresistibly lively documentary about the myth, lore and logistics of baseball's classic pitch.

March 25, 2016 | Full Review…

Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
The irony of the push to speed up the game of baseball - the amount of time between pitches, between commercial breaks, between anything that might actually appeal to the iGeneration - is that speed has always been at the heart of the game.

March 24, 2016 | Full Review…

Jeff Sanders
San Diego Union-Tribune