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A perfect game can be a bore to watch
I used to feel there were two types of Kevin Costner movies: First, the wonderful, fun baseball films (Bull Durham, Field of Dreams) and there is also the film that brings out a self-indulgent performance (The Postman, Robin Hood). With FOR LOVE OF THE GAME, Costner combines the two getting a self-indulgent baseball flick. The director (Sam Raimi) does some interesting stuff but, it cannot save the film as the screenplay is riddled with cliches' and an interest-less romance. Kelly Preston fills a role more apt to Meg Ryan and Kevin does some great athletic performing but is given nothing else to sink his teeth into. The DVD looks nice and the sound is great. It includes some irrelevant deleted scenes and a brief making-of documentary. "If you build it, they will come" does not apply here...

For rabid baseball movie fans and Costner lovers only
I liked this movie, but I won't watch it again...at least not for a while. Kevin Costner did fool me into believing that he could be a major league pitcher (albeit for the Tigers) but then again he's had plenty of practice playing ball players. Of his "baseball" movies this one is certainly the weakest. I wish I had spent the money on Field of Dreams or Bull Durham, but oh well.

As far as Costner movies in general go, I'm not a big fan and this one didn't do a whole lot to improve my opinion of him. For Love of the Game falls closer to the Waterworld/Postman end of the Costner movie spectrum then it does to the Dances with Wolves side. But if you generally like him then I'm pretty sure that you will enjoy this movie. I'm not going to call it a "Hit" like some others, because it is not a hit on DVD and it was certainly not a hit at the box office.

Jerry Springer-esque parting thought: If you really really really need a baseball movie fix then buy this, otherwise just watch 2 hours of ESPN Classic.

Brings back memories of when I loved this game.
I've always been a Costner fan, even when he has stretched my patience. "For the Love of the Game" did a lot for me in bringing back fond memories of the game which I used to love when I was a kid. Costner's sports movies are among his most entertaining, and bringing in Vin Skully added tremendously to the realism of this film.

Although I do agree (somewhat) in many reviewers' disappointment concerning the relationship aspect in this film, it still held enough interest for me that I enjoyed the film as a whole (heck, I almost bought it hook-line-and-sinker, but then again, I can be a real sucker). I also liked how the love aspect of the story was told in flashbacks as Chapel (Costner) was pitching the game of his life. I believe that many people may actually enjoy this film who are not baseball fans, but it sure couldn't hurt if you were.

Between 1 and 10, I give "For the Love of the Game" a solid 7. It's nice to see an actor who is athletic enough to pull off a sports movie and make it look real. Some of the scenes (where people are watching the "game" on television, ala Kelly Preston at the airport bar) looked 100 percent authentic. I would have no hesitation in viewing this film a second time, especially the dvd version (if it puts back what was left on the cutting room floor, as one reviewer indicated).

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