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For Love of the Game Customer Reviews (7 - 9 of 41 Reviews)

Good movie, however...
...I enjoyed it very much and bought it. But the reason I bought it is I've been a Dodger fan since before birth and it has Vin Scully in it.

Entertainment factor simply because it is so bad.
That's right, this is one of the movies that is so bad it is watchable, because you can kind of marvel at the sheer cheesiness of if. Some of the dialogue is so bad it belies description. Don't get me wrong, I loved Bull Durham. But this. Adding to the perverseness of this story is that Costner's character is so damned unlikeable. People that give this 5 stars, or 4 are beyond my understanding. I just don't get it.

Baseball, Romance & Yankee-Haters
Boy, is this a movie for New York Yankee haters. The lead character is a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and played by Kevin Costner, guy who can play the game at a high level, not just some actor faking it. And, of course, his big pitching effort is against the mighty Yankees.

My only complaint, besides the overuse of the Lord's name in vain, is that there weren't more baseball scenes in it, since they were so well done. The best character of the film was the catcher, played by John C. Reilly. There's a big romance angle in here between Costner and Kelly Preston. Some of that was good, some was annoying. Neither of those characters was particularly appealing.

What was very cool, if you have a good surround system, was the sound of Costner's fastball hitting the catcher's mitt. The loud "whoosh" sound was awesome on the DVD.

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