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Genre : Drama, Biography, Sport
Release Date : September 23, 2011
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Duration : 133 minute(s)
Production Budget : 47
Studio : Columbia Pictures
Official Site : http://www.moneyball-movie.com/
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visually expressed in the film by imposing stadiums and fields that engulf mere humans - but also the threatened alpha dogs who fiercely defend their turf
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
this film has Brad Pitt, the movie star - easy, assured, charismatic
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger ]
the things that are wrong with the movie have nothing to do with baseball, either
by Christy Lemire [Associated Press ]
the film gets many important things exactly right
by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal ]
stinging repartee of grown men working at a kids' game and tired of being handed the prevailing line of bull
by Richard Corliss [TIME Magazine ]
rationalizing the game actually helped to humanize it, opening it up to players whose quirks had made them easy to dismiss
by Ann Hornaday [Washington Post ]
more complex version of the inspirational sports story
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
making us feel the heat in finding value in things others miss
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
it's too long, and yet much appears to be cut out
by Peter Hartlaub [San Francisco Chronicle ]
it's not really a sports movie at all, but a tale of outsiders who defy conventional thinking and the institutions that fight them every step of the way
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]
it's exactly like moneyball - infused with intelligence, amusing in its attacks on false gods, but way easier to admire than to love
by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail ]
is about a fundamental cultural shift and the rise of the information elite
by Manohla Dargis [New York Times ]