Pitcher's duel

Schmaltzy and then some, For Love of the Game is still mighty persuasive

Comments (0) By Gregory Weinkauf Thursday, Sep 16 1999
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Balls or strikes: Kevin Costner's Billy Chapel ponders life without baseball...and the love of his life.
Balls or strikes: Kevin Costner's Billy Chapel ponders life without baseball...and the love of his life.

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Starring Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, and Jena Malone

Opens September 17

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Directed by Sam Raimi

Screenplay by Dana Stevens, based on the novel by Michael Shaara

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What's most likely afoot here is that the player would like to learn a new game, or at least new rules. This is good, considering the creators' obvious appeal to the masses and obvious distaste for highfalutin culture. God gets product-placement alongside Adidas. Horror of horrors, Bob Seger and Steely Dan both get montage sequences (in fact, the movie is wall-to-wall music, especially boogie-woogie guitar). High-minded aesthetes get snubbed over good ol' boy athletes. It's all good and well to root for the home team, but in a game as manipulative as this, who really wins?

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