One of the better behind the scenes movies

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2012)

Baseball, baseball, baseball. I thought that maybe I did not want to see another baseball film. After all, hasn't it all been said and done? Well, maybe not like "MONEYBALL", which is more about what is going on behind the scenes.
Well... yes. The movie focuses on how talent and teams are made circa 2002.
Brad Pitt plays "Billy Beane", the general manager of the Oakland Athletics. bean enlists the aide of his assistant, Peter Brand, and with statistical analysis known as saber-metrics, that places the emphasis on stats such Beane assembles a group of players. A colorful group.
Bennet Miller directs very well with performances and pacing in mind.
Steven Zaillian's and Aaron Sorkin's script and the story by Stan Chervin based on the book by Michael Lewis, gives us a moving and fast paced movie without the benefit of a lot of ball playing.
Great performances by Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright and Chris Pratt.
I recommend