The Struggle For Perfection Reached

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2000)

When I sat down to watch this movie I didn't expect it to beat Field of Dreams as the best baseball movie ever. At the end of the movie, it blew Field of Dreams out of the water. Kevin Costner is the King of Baseball movies. Bull Durham was great, Field of Dreams improved on Bull Durham, but For Love of the Game was Costner at his best.
Costner as Billy Chapel, an aging pitcher who doesn't know if he will pitch again nevermind where, is thrust right into an introspective look at his life when he finds out that his on and off girlfriend Jane is leaving for London. This makes Chapel think about the last five years with Jane, and as he is thinking about this, he is unwittingly getting deeper into a rare feat in baseball: the Perfect Game.
Chapel is then faced with two big mountains. The perfect game and Jane. He figures he can do nothing about Jane, however, the very competitive Billy Chapel wants to get the perfect game at all costs, and the will and fight he shows is impressive. But the difference with Billy Chapel and all the other characters Costner has played is that Billy Chapel is very human. He is flawed, but he has one thing that he loves, and that is the game.
For Love of the Game is inspiring. Its the story of a man who is faced with incredible adversity, and its the story of a man rediscovering himself, its a must see, and you'd be a fool to miss out on a journey as incredible as this.