For Love of the Game
by Sam Raimi
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Actor: Brian Cox, Jena Malone, John C. Reilly, Kelly Preston, Kevin CostnerDirector: Sam Raimi
Brand: Team Marketing
Cinematographer: John Bailey
Producer: Amy Robinson
Producer: Armyan Bernstein
Producer: Marc Abraham
Producer: Ronald M. Bozman
Writer: Dana Stevens
Writer: Michael Shaara
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 137 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-04-04
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of For Love of the Game
Movie Review: FOR the love OF, and not, OF the love FOR
Summary: 5 Stars
OF means FROM, or BELONGING TO. Whereas FOR
suggests a "reason why". The love of the game,
refers to "what one might get from the game".
It's like the phrase, "the love of money", which
means, "what can I get with this money". What
does he get from the game? What does she get from
the game? It is a way for her to connect to him.
And for him, it is a source of identity, and it is
a way for him to escape from reality, like that
scene where he has that workplace accident and needs
medical attention. What will these two do, FOR the
love of the game? What sacrifices are they willing
to make? What is she willing to do, to stay connected
to him? What is he willing to do, to keep from having
to get a "real job"? Her daughter says to him, she had
me when she was really young, so she's never had a "love
story". That was a really cruel and fantastical thing
to say. No wonder, her ex was on drugs, trying to escape
from reality, the "easy way". Her daughter seems to have
friends to rely upon, not to mention a busload of baseball
players, willing to come to her rescue, but he himself,
the ball player, lives in a world of competition, and
desolation, him alone, upon a pitcher's mound. I found it
difficult to sympathize with "the woman" in this movie. It
was a very one-sided kind of movie, I thought. She did not
come across as a nun. After only what seemed to be a few
months apart, she was already dating a art gallery owner,
or so it seemed.
Summary of For Love of the Game
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of thirty-seven has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is having a bad day. His girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston, stunning as ever) says she's leaving, and his boss (Brian Cox) says he's selling the business and ace employee Billy may be out of job. Sounds like business as usual for an old-fashioned veteran. However, the business is baseball and for Billy Chapel, the 40-year old former all-star for the Detroit Tigers, it means his career--and his life--is at a crossroads.
Although it is no Bull Durham, For Love of the Game finds a solid and very believable role for Costner. The film is based on Michael Shaara's (The Killer Angels) stream-of-consciousness novel (the rough manuscript was found after his death 1988). The entire film takes place on Billy's day on the mound against the Yankees, a meaningless late-season game for the Tigers, but everything for Billy. In flashbacks, he lingers over his long relationship with Jane and his baseball career (from World Series heroism to a career-threatening injury). His one viable link to the game at hand is his catcher, played winningly by John C. Reilly. Costner, like Chapel, is looking for one more great performance, but the film is too simplistic and loopy at times to resonate. The love story has an extra helping of cuteness, and legendary baseball announcer Vin Scully nearly takes on a leading role, waxing grandiloquent. It's no grand slam, but a solid double. --Doug Thomas
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