Even non-baseball fans will enjoy this film

Rating: 8/10 (6 February 2012)

Moneyball can easily compete with some of the greatest baseball movies and is arguably one of the best films of 2011.
I'm not a sports guy and I'm always baffled when people get so upset when their team doesn't win. However, I was able to understand the mindset and feel the agony of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt).
This true story based on the 2003 Michael Lewis book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, shines a different and less romantic perspective on the sport. With a strong theme of taking down the system and fighting the established order, Billy Beane takes a risky yet revolutionary step into combating the deep pockets of large baseball franchises.
Brad Pitt (Se7en) and Jonah Hill (Superbad) are outstanding together and develop an on-screen friendship that feels legitimate. Casting Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Magnolia) as Oakland A's manager Art Howe is unfitting. Art Howe has a physique of someone that could field a couple grounders whereas Hoffman would fall on his fat ass. Interestingly, Art Howe has expressed displeasure with the portrayal of his character in the book and the movie in which he is seen as a stubborn traditionalist.
Moneyball offers a multitude of entertaining facets with an exceptionally well-written screenplay that even non-baseball fans will enjoy.