recommended viewing

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2012)

I thought this was going to be just another sports film but it isn't, its about an ageing baseball scout with ongoing eyesight problems and the strained relationship he has with his daughter, and its excellent viewing. Eastwood may be in his eighties now but he still has a massive screen presence. He and Amy Adams really do have chemistry and both are absolutely believable as father and daughter. Amy takes time off work as a corporate lawyer to help look after her father, and as she tries to unravel the reason for her troubled upbringing, so her own character begins to mellow and the start of a romance begins with Justin Timberlake. Not your typical Eastwood action flick, but a really good story nonetheless with top acting from an excellent cast. well worth watching