It's not Field of Dreams, but it's not Message in a Bottle either...

Rating: Null/10 (20 September 1999)

Another baseball movie. How so many movies get made about the most boring sport on earth is beyond me, but there have been some good ones. The Natural, Bull Durham, and Field of Dreams are all great baseball movies, and this one tries. Told in flashback, an aging pitcher views his life while pitching what starts as a possible final game, and becomes a possible perfect game. While it conveys Ramis' obvious love of the game, there's no final punch which would give this movie the powerful ending needed to compete with the movies listed above. Kevin Costner is a great actor, though he has had some terrible flops. His character in For the Love of the Game is immediately likable, but difficult to empathize with. I was just happy there wasn't a little kid speaking like a forty year old in this one. You may love it if you can't get enough baseball, and I give the actors kudos for pulling off a pretty good movie.