A Thinking Man's Game

Rating: 8/10 (19 January 2012)

As a big baseball fan and someone who read the book of the same title, I was anxious to see this movie. Usually, in a case like that I get disappointed because my expectations are too high. Such was the case here, although I did enjoy the film. Not me wrong; it held my interest, but it was no match for the book.
Brad Pitt was great as "Billy Beane," as was Jonah Hill as "Peter Brand." It was kinda of shocking to see Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing manager "Art Howe," but he was good, too, as were many of the actors who played the pro scouts.
The movie is mostly dialog, so the more you like baseball and its strategies and mental aspects, know what they're talking about (i.e. "on base percentage") the better you'll like it because it's a fairly long film to sit through. On the other hand, if you don't know a lot about baseball, you can still enjoy the great acting and dialog in here.