Not Oscar caliber but a 10 anyway

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2005)

This is one of the few sports movies that's actually more about people than sports -- there's no big game, no win or die situations. One doesn't even have to care about baseball all that much to enjoy the film . And the dialog operates at a level substantially higher than the typical sports film -- it's both poignant and hilarious (Costner's speech about what he believes is worth the viewing alone). Of special note is the character development -- each of the lead characters is at a real crossroads, and things don't work out ideally for each. Crash doesn't get to the Show; he gets released instead. And Nuke barely knows that he's succeeded, or why. Like I said, maybe not an Oscar-worthy pick, but definitely thoroughly entertaining and one of my all-time favorites.