Well Crafted If At Times Tedious

Rating: 6/10 (13 October 2011)

I understand this film was based on a book and respect the makers choice to be faithful to such. The movie was very well made, paced, scripted, shot, etc. But I could never get behind Beane's character; i.e., I could never feel his drive, be sympathetic, etc. The fact that there was no score to the movie also detracted from my enjoyment. The topic and circumstances just were/are neither important nor serious enough to warrant the moody, agonizing emotional throes we appear to be encouraged to see. Critically, while I believe Beane built a successful team, I'm unconvinced his data-crunching experiment was strictly responsible for such as the success might have been in spite of it.
The story, topic, etc., would have made an excellent 90 minute light drama with more laughs and a bouncy soundtrack. Such may have been unfaithful to the book but more enjoyable and less pretentious.