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For Love of the Game

For Love of the Game

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Sam Raimi delivers as usual
Review: This was a directoral powerhouse for the Evil Dead vet director. The story is well put together, flashbacks run very smooth and the acting is great. The characters are built up very well, making it easy to really care about them. Kevin Costner has found the type of role that fits like a glove, again. This is truly an ensnaring love story, well worthy of your attention.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: QUICK BALLS
Review: I admit it, I've seen dozen of movies about base-ball and I still don't quite understand the rules of the game. But, one thing is certain, it's possible to play the game of his life in one and only game : it's called the perfect game. And Kevin Costner, in director Samuel Raimi's FOR LOVE OF THE GAME, is on his way for it.

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME is a typical genre movie, the hero can't be happy until he has fulfilled the dream of his life, until he is part of america's history. With this theme, you're sure to attract the local audience's votes. It's human.

So, the quality of the movie depends only on the director's skill or desire to play some variations on this common theme. For instance, until now, in my opinion, Barry Levinson's THE NATURAL with Robert Redford is clearly the best baseball related movie ever filmed.

After a western and a film noir, Samuel Raimi is going to shock one more time his long-time supporters with FOR LOVE OF THE GAME. No more hysterical travellings and zooms, not a single gunshot, the young "crazy horse" director, like Kevin CHAPEL Costner, has an eighteen years career behind him. One could say that FOR LOVE OF THE GAME is the first adult movie of Samuel Raimi. And it is a compliment.

Excellent compositions of Costner, Kelly Preston and Th. Reilly. Above-average bonus features but I would have appreciated a director's commentary.

A DVD zone U.S.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Kevin Costner Was Right
Review: Kevin Costner was right. He fought bitterly with Universal to release the original cut of the movie, but lost to bean counters that were afraid of an overlong movie. I just saw the DVD and the deleted scenes, that can finally be seen, make for a much more complicated and moving story. Particularly the subplot with his coach's wife's struggle with cancer and when his friend on the Yankees came in to congratulate him and say goodbye. Those were the scenes that made these characters real and took down the wall of "just baseball" and made it a satisfying drama. "For Love of the Game" is a fine film that will hopefully be seen from now on with these important scenes included.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Its a HOMERUN
Review: This is definitely a movie for your home collection. It addresses both sexes, great sports for us guys and teary eyed moments for the lady in the house. A must see movie for all. Ranks up there with TIN CUP, FIELD OF DREAMS and DAYS OF THUNDER......

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: For Love of the Game DVD
Review: This movie is the best baseball movie I've seen. Kevin Costner is at his best. "MR ROMANCE" The setting is perfect. Great directing and acting. A HOME RUN ALL THE WAY.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: For the Love of the Game
Review: Outstanding movie, not only a baseball movie but also a chick flick. I usually don't care for Kevin Costner's movies but this was exceptional.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A classic baseball movie
Review: Major League players who make millions of dollars should watch this film, and see that baseball should be played for the love of the game, not for money.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: FIVE STARS ALL THE WAY!
Review: This movie was exceptional in every aspect except one. I'm not going to tell you which aspect that is because I am undeniably sassy. However, the special effects were great! They made Kevin Costner look and move like a real human being instead of the mixture of oatmeal and organic seed growth components that he is. The best part of this movie by far was when Costner's character was chased by a rabid rhino. Unfortunately, most viewers will not get to see this scene as it is something I conjured up in my head while watching this film. But believe me, the acting and directing were superb! The day will come when I get my revenge on Otis.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: awesome movie
Review: Well since Baseball does not start for another few weeks and you really wanna get in the mood of the game then this is the one! and if you likeed this here are some others you may like as well: Fields of dreams,Angels in the outfield,Bull durham, and little bige leauge

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: More movies like this please!
Review: Wouldn't it be nice if Hollywood gave us more movies like this? This is a great movie!


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