Trouble With the Curve
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Tom Charity
For all its occasional tin ear, Dr Phil dialogue, its contrivances and shortcuts, this remains a fundamentally sound and solid entertainment with a deep-rooted conviction that how we treat each...
Nigel Floyd
Eastwood and Adams do the best they can with the cornball sentimentality and cheesy dialogue, but first-time director Robert Lorenz merely photographs the on- and off-field action. Give it a pass.
David Denby
Lorenz ... lays in everything methodically, fully, but without much invention or energy; you can imagine each plot development ten minutes before it arrives.
Peter Rainer
Eastwood, in his 80s, looks a lot trimmer than some of the performers in this film half his age. He may be the only octogenarian actor who has to play older than his age to be convincing.
Connie Ogle
Nobody would pay much attention to this plodding but good-hearted film if not for its star, Clint Eastwood, although he's just dialing in the go-to Cantankerous Old Man mode on which he has relied...
James Berardinelli
This isn't the worst performance Eastwood has given in his 57-year career, but it's his least inspired in about a decade.
Critic reviews
Tom Charity
For all its occasional tin ear, Dr Phil dialogue, its contrivances and shortcuts, this remains a fundamentally sound and solid entertainment with a deep-rooted conviction that how we treat each...
Nigel Floyd
Eastwood and Adams do the best they can with the cornball sentimentality and cheesy dialogue, but first-time director Robert Lorenz merely photographs the on- and off-field action. Give it a pass.
David Denby
Lorenz ... lays in everything methodically, fully, but without much invention or energy; you can imagine each plot development ten minutes before it arrives.
Peter Rainer
Eastwood, in his 80s, looks a lot trimmer than some of the performers in this film half his age. He may be the only octogenarian actor who has to play older than his age to be convincing.
Connie Ogle
Nobody would pay much attention to this plodding but good-hearted film if not for its star, Clint Eastwood, although he's just dialing in the go-to Cantankerous Old Man mode on which he has relied...
James Berardinelli
This isn't the worst performance Eastwood has given in his 57-year career, but it's his least inspired in about a decade.
User reviews
Amazing movie I was able to watch this movie, at the Airforce Academy in Colorado Springs, and I gotta say, it was really good. The whole plot in itself was unique and pretty relatable, especially the whole healing and grieving process that the old man and his daughter went through. Most of the people who watched this along with me didn't like it, sure it may have not been like most movies these days but the originality and realisticness definitely made up for that. It's been a while since I seen it,I'd love 2 c it again
Cast and credits
Actors | Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard |
Producers | Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Michele Weisler |
Director | Robert Lorenz |
Writers | Randy Brown |
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Audio language
English (Stereo)
Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
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Run time
111 minutes
Rating
PG-13
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