Fresh
Screwball Annie and hardball Crash aren't playing the same game, which is Shelton's conceit as well as a possible screen-writing miscalculation.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Bull Durham
Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.
1988 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Ron Shelton
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Bull Durham
Overview
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Ron Shelton, who wrote and directed the film, displays a knowledge of and affection for the national pastime. You can see it in the knowing detail he brings to even the minor characters.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
[Shelton is] uncanny at putting us inside his players' heads when they're on the mound or up at bat, running their private litanies of encouragement and subversion to psych themselves up.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Rather than a vapid national epic, it is a warm, droll, deftly cracked romantic comedy.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
The acting in Bull Durham cannot be faulted and should be remembered at Oscar time. Sarandon has one of the juiciest female roles in years and she makes you think no one could play it better.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
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