Directed by:
Robert LorenzScreenplay:
Randy BrownCinematography:
Tom SternComposer:
Marco BeltramiCast:
Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Scott Eastwood, Robert Patrick, Matt Bush, Ed Lauter, Chelcie Ross, Erik Thirsk (more)VOD (3)
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Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus - who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat - refuses to be benched for what could be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country's hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm whose drive and ambition has put her on the fast track to becoming partner. Mickey has never been close to her father, who was ill-equipped to be a single parent after the death of his wife. Even now, in the rare moments they share, he is too easily distracted by what Mickey assumes is his first love: the game.
Against her better judgment, and over Gus's objections, Mickey joins him on his latest scouting trip to North Carolina, jeopardizing her own career to save his. Forced to spend time together for the first time in years, each makes new discoveries - revealing long-held truths about their past and present that could change their future. Timberlake is Johnny Flanagan, a rival scout who has his sights on a career in the announcer's booth...and has eyes for Mickey. (official distributor synopsis)
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Sometimes you need a fairy tale like this for your audience's mental health, even if it is painfully predictable, but it has a positive feeling, which is never enough.
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I went to see this flick mainly because it stars Clint Eastwood. I remember reading he would never play in another movie again. It was around the time Gran Torino came out and his acting performance in that one was flawless. But then all of a sudden this nobody from the middle of nowhere shows up who’s made no movies so far and decides to make an absolutely average drama and wrap the whole thing in nationalism and baseball and Clint just walks right into the middle of that. I don’t understand why. If it wasn’t for Clint, I’d give this movie one, or two stars tops. Trouble with the Curve might be too much of a pro-American movie, but Clint is still the kind of actor that even non-Americans will find interesting. But his role in this movie being his last one is pretty sad. You see some time halfway through the movie, I was actually wondering whether I want to watch it to the end. I even skipped about fifteen minutes and when I got back to the movie, nothing significant had happened. But anyways, Clint made me watch the movie to the end eventually. I kept telling myself that there would be some part that I’d find interesting. But in the end, this didn’t happen and Clint’s last performance became one of the most mediocre movies I’d seen recently.
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It's a pretty routine flick, but luckily Clint Eastwood is in it and he's a classic, so his fan base won't regret it in the end. But if the story had revolved around a more entertaining sport (like tic-tac-toe, jumping jacks, or chess), it might have been a little better.
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Clint Eastwood did promise that he would not return in front of the camera, but I think everyone is glad that he did not stick to this resolution. After his performance in the film "Gran Torino", it would be a shame for him to end his career when he still has more to offer to the world. This was also evident in the film "Trouble with the Curve", although on the other hand, the role created for him was essentially identical to the one he portrayed in his own film "Gran Torino", which is a pity. Clint has already lived quite a few years, he will celebrate his eighty-third birthday this year, but he still has a lot to show even in less similar roles. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/02/zpatky-ve-hre-2012-65.html
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