Must See Sport Flick

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2012)

As a huge baseball fan, I enjoyed Moneyball very much. I even found it more interesting because it is a part of baseball history that I not only was alive for, but actually remember happening. Moneyball is the story of Billy Beane who was General Manager (and still is) of the Oakland A's in early 2000. The A's at the time had a very small payroll and Beane had to some how come up with a winning team with no money. I'm a Texas Rangers fan and since the A's are in the same division as the Rangers, I saw several of these games and remember some of the players. I even remember the 20 game win streak as it happened. Brad Pitt is a very likable Beane and Jonah Hill plays the man who developed the formula that Beane used to select his players. I can easily see this movie picking up some Oscar noms/wins for 2011. This is a must see for any sports fan!! Co-staring Philip Seymour Hoffman as Art Howe, A's manager.
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