Way overrated

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2011)

This film is about the general manager of a baseball team, who tries an unconventional statistical formula to pick his team.
In contrast to Clint Eastwood's "Invictus", where they showed a football game for 30 minutes and make it a poignant emotional high, "Moneyball" does not achieve this same level of emotion at all. There is in fact no emotional zenith in "Moneyball". There are no motivational speeches, no players striving for excellence and no sign of ecstasy even when winning a record breaking streak. Instead, we only get to see Billy Beane looking lost and miserable the whole time. There is a serious lack of tension and engagement. "Moneyball" is way overrated in my opinion.