Had a ball watching Moneyball!

Rating: Null/10 (26 September 2011)

I am ready to spill the beans on the baseball management flick "Moneyball". So let me pitch it to you, because it's a good one. Director Bennett Miller's film adaptation of the true story of Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane's creative non-spending architecture of putting a winning team in the field without spending the big dough is sure to have its own winning streak during movie awards season. The Beane computer-generated player analysis technique has been a trendsetter that many other Major League Baseball clubs have used. "Moneyball" is set during the 2002 Oakland A's season who many thought was going to be an "F" graded one for the Athletics. Beane me up some Brad! Because Brad Pitt's exemplary starring performance as Billy Beane does not have to be computer-analyzed to prove that it's as solid as they come for a leading actor this year. Mr. Pitt is no longer the pretty boy actor, his work throughout the last few years have proved that he is one of the best actors in the business; besides being sought after by many Major League Studios in Hollywood. "Moneyball" sure had a lot of Miller time on it, maybe not personally on screen but on development; because Director Bennett Miller's acute management of the movie gets my vote as an all-star auteur effort for 2011; and Miller's fluid direction authenticated the fact that you don't have to be a baseball fan to enjoy this film, because its major narrative hit is showcasing how to deliver a winning product with budget restrains. Hall of Fame screenwriters Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian did threw a few curve balls and did change it up a bit in their "Moneyball" script enough to base it as what can be the premier screenplay of the year. The supporting players of "Moneyball" also brought their A game! Jonah Hill was spectacular as Beane's economic-wiz apprentice Peter Brand. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was a piece of art as A's Manager Art Howe. And Chris Pratt brought the right balance of nervousness and opportunity as A's player Scott Hatterberg. But overall this was mainly Pitt's playing thespian field and he sure made the best of every opportunity he got up at the acting plate. "Moneyball" may or may not roll large amounts of moneyballs in the box office, but it is definitively "so money" and I hope everybody knows it. ***** Excellent