A stand-up triple

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2007)

This was near the beginning of Costner's meteoric rise to super-stardom. And, he can generally deliver, if the material he's working with is top-notch. I suspect that is probably true of a lot of actors who never get such material. Anyway, this film is hugely enjoyable escapism, just like baseball. Being from a large city, I've never had the opportunity to be around minor-league baseball, so I don't have a real feel for it. There is a lot of criticism of this film in this space, and reading it, I find a lot of it can be justified. But if you'll just try not to think too much, the movie will break right over the plate.