Fabulous! Not just a baseball movie

Rating: 8/10 (18 September 1999)

Well I just went to see "For the love of the game" with Kevin Costner. First my recommendation is go see it - it was very very good. I am not a big sports fan but this is a movie I'd like to see again and I will be buying it when it is out on video. It is a baseball movie but it is also a romantic movie. Most of the movie takes place in the space of one day in the life of his character in which he is playing the game of his life, after a couple significant happenings which cause him to reflect back as he is on the pitching mound to his relationship with a woman he is in love with. He is forced to re-evaluate his life priorities and the direction of his life. All this leads to the exciting conclusion (and satisfactory in my opinion ;) of the movie.
Kevin is great, Kelly is good but not spectacular, music is very good (I bought the soundtrack). All in all an excellent movie. I was speaking to a couple salespeople where I bought the soundtrack and they were women and said they had heard it was good but weren't sure about it since it was a baseball film. I know where they are coming from since I'm not a huge sports fan but I tried to explain it and I think they are going to see it now. This is one baseball game I really really enjoyed and I think it is because you are going through it with him and it was really exciting. Reviews are somewhat mixed but I think they underrated this film.