Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) has been a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers for his entire pro baseball career. Now after nineteen years, in the twilight of his great, hall-of-fame career, he learns from Mr. Wheeler (Brian Cox) the team's owner that his team has been sold to a corporate group, that the first business of the new owners will be to trade Billy to another team, and his girlfriend Jane Aubrey (Kelly Preston) is leaving him to take a job in London.As Billy's friend and favorite catcher Gus Sinski (John C. Reilly) observes: Billy, this ain't your day! But what happens to Billy and Gus, Detroit manager Frank Perry (J.K. Simmons) and the rest of the Tigers on that fateful day in Yankee Stadium at the end of a long season is truly magical. This is a great baseball-themed romantic drama. Costner and Preston have terrific romantic chemistry; there's a great screenplay with some memorable dialogue, a beautiful soundtrack, excellent supporting work from Jane's daughter Heather (Jena Malone) and eye-popping cinematography. If you enjoyed films like Field of Dreams, The Natural and The Rookie, you won't want to miss For Love of the Game.
Labels: baseball, Christmas, drama, romance, rom-drama-faves
Internet Movie Database 6.6/10
Metacritic 43/100
RottenTomatoes Averages (critics=61, viewers=78)
Blu-ray
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