Barely Awful!

Rating: 1/10 (5 July 2013)

Trouble with the Curve is, after all, a "baseball movie," and, as such, it is not good. The lead actors make the movie watchable, despite the hackneyed and predictable story. Some, out of respect for Eastwood, I suppose, will give this film a passable rating, but it does not deserve it as a whole.
Not only is the film predictable, but it absolutely abounds with cliché. The hot-shot baseball prospect Bo Gentry (Joe Massingill) is a jerk. The hot-shot (young) computer-savvy scout Phillip Sanderson (Matthew Lillard) is an even bigger jerk. Mild-mannered prospect Billy Clark (yes, his name is Billy!) can go five-for-five if only he can see his mother again. The big-shot law firm partners are really good ol' boys.
The story is so predictable, that, as each subplot emerges and is wrapped, the viewer will be absolutely amazed that no twist occurs, no fake, not a single original turn. The story simply unfolds as one would expect in boring fashion. This film might have been an acceptable made- for-TV movie, but it does not deserve theatrical release and certainly does not deserve Clint Eastwood in its cast.