Heartfelt, true to life and witty portrait of family bonds and good old American baseball. NOT suited for diehard baseball fans though...

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2019)

Beware: NOT suited for diehard baseball fans. Because this is NOT a straight sports movie at all, hence the many negative reviews of sportsfans, expecting a sports movie which it definitely is NOT.
What is it then? It is a great and witty tale about strained family bonds between a roughneck father (Clint Eastwood) and a resentful daughter (Amy Adams), who dont share any interests at all, besides baseball. But baseball only comes second in this story. Baseball is only the background in a story which portrays a father (Eastwood) who constantly snarls at his only daughter and neglects her. While the daughter (Amy Adams) still desperately needs love and attention from her father. And so it goes...
The dialogues about the arguing between father and daughter are true to life, touching and full of wit and undisclosed affection. Although father (Clint Eastwood) and daughter (Amy Adams) can not get along, they still love each other, they simply cant show it. Only baseball brings them together and this movie is about one weekend father and daughter spent together scouting for baseball talents in which many heartfelt, unspoken conflicts from the past come out in the open. Justin Timberlake provides for a budding romance interlude...
This movie has got so much charm, wit and lighthearted drama, that it is undeniably a winner. I've already seen it many times before and every time it touches me and lifts up my spirit. Highly recommended for any fans of either one of these 3 actors, because this movie is definitely a wonderful actor's gem!