Review: Moneyball
Posted by Tiggiler

Wow! This movie was way better than I thought it was going to be. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't great but it didn't totally suck either. Brad Pitt plays the GM for the Oakland A's baseball team and after a pretty good season which ended in elimination during the post-season and his team losing 3 players to free agency he must rebuild his team.

Through a meeting which includes Jonah Hill with a competing ball club Pitt hires Hill and the two set out with a very small budget to try and win the season based on statistics disregarding the values set on players by the team's scouts. If they can just get on base enough statistically they should be able to overcome.

They end up making it pretty far and on a budget of $40mil vs the NY Yankees' $130mil. In the end they don't win the World Series but other ball clubs adopt their way of thinking and Pitt's character is offered a very lucrative contract with the Boston Red Sox, which is turns down.

It was a pretty long movie but there was enough story taking place to keep you engaged and the timing did not drag at all. If you like baseball I think you'll enjoy this film. Even if you don't, and you can get it for free on-demand or the like then it's worth checking out.

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