Trouble with the Curve
Whatever Life Throws at You.
Whatever Life Throws at You.
Drama, Romance
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2012
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Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
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Runtime:
111 min
Release date:
21 Sep 2012
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
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 for a decade or so.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep 2012
fresh:
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.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
28 Sep 2012
rotten:
Lorenz ... lays in everything methodically, fully, but without much invention or energy; you can imagine each plot development ten minutes before it arrives.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
8 Oct 2012
rotten:
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.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
27 Nov 2012
fresh:
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 other matters.
– Tom Charity,
CNN.com,
12 May 2014