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| For Love of the Game [HD DVD] | ![For Love of the Game [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZcdJfF8sL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  138 reviews
Sales Rank: 9504
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: HD DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 138
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 61032930
UPC: 025193293022
EAN: 0025193293022
ASIN: B000SQFC04
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1999
Release Date: September 18, 2007
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 Movie January 7, 2008
This movie was a christmas gift. I had tried for a few years to find it for her and I finally did with you. She was very excited and happy.
Entertaining Baseball Drama -- A Bit Long Though October 23, 2007
I usually love baseball movies, especially ones with Kevin Costner in them. I've been pretty disappointed with Costner movies of late so I didn't rush out to catch this movie. I would hardly consider this movie one of his best, but it didn't turn out to be so bad.
In the end, I actually liked this movie. This is the story of Billy Chapel who is pitching what could be his last game after a stunning 19 year career as a Detroit Tiger pitcher. As he gives it his all, he has flashbacks of the events that have happened in the previous five years of his life and realizing that he hasn't given every aspect of his life the same effort he has given this game.
In the end, the viewer will identify and care for Billy Chapel and the people in his life including his on-again, off-again girlfriend named Jane (played by Kelly Preston), Jane's daughter Heather, his loyal friend and catcher Gus (played wonderfully by John C. Riley), and many others. This is a heart-felt drama and not so much the sport movie I thought it would be.
The acting and story are quite superb. There is even some sprinkling of humor that had me laughing out loud ("Have you ever had your heart broken?" "Yes, we lost a pennant race.") My only complaint is that, at over 2 hours, this movie just gets to be too long. Forty minutes before the end of the movie I just wanted it to come to its conclusion. Sam Raimi did a fantastic directing job but could have easily cut a lot of those scenes.
This is a good movie for a great range of people. It has a tear-jerking love story, sports, humor, excellent acting, drama, and a lot of heart. If any of those things appeal to you then check out this film. The only thing missing is a little action, but that would have just ruined this movie.
"You and Me...One more time!" May 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Those were the words of "Gus", John C. Riley(the more i see of this guy the more i like him)is the big hearted,battle worn,FAITHFUL,TRUSTY O'l catcher in this baseball guy movie turned LOVE STORY. This is the story of Billy Chapel. A once great pitcher for the Detroit Tigers on the brink of retirement. It's a story of a man who's got the biggest decision of his life/career to make...being traded by the new owners of the ball club and keep playing but for another team other than the only team he has ever known Professionally...or retirement?...If you're a use to be athlete...this tugs at your heart, taking you back to the last time you were able to suit up and play the greatest game in the world...baseball! Billy is a man who's obviously in love with the game and is having a heck of a time letting her go. Now by using the word "her'...i can describe both the game of baseball and Billy's "on again,off again" relationship with Jane Aubrey(the very Beautiful Kelly Preston), a New York Fashion magazine Editor who's more than a lil' hesitant with Costner's character's old school approach with their realtionship. Billy thinks (like i and countless other guys have) like a typical guy who takes advantage of a good thing to the point that he drives it away. Billy is old school and he isn't willing to commit to Jane, which she deperately needs him to do. Jane has been done wrong in the past more than a few times. She's a single mom of a teenage girl( played by the very CUTE Jena Malone)who's starting to challenge her mom's ways. In all ways this movie is just about life! Single parenting, being a stubborn man, relationships with friends, saying goodbye, the love of a good woman... and o'h yeah...the deepest love a man can have for the game of Baseball. The movie is set during the last game of what has been a very rough season for Billy and the Tigers. Inning by inning Billy goes through refections of his relationship with Jane and Heather(Jena's character), his career as a dominant pitching god for one team,the Detroit Tigers & everything from a career threatning injury and just plain old woman trouble. He's had a good life as a ball player but his career is coming to a close and now he has the decision of retirement or playing for another team. All the while his heart is with Jane but he is too stubborn to tell her how he really feels and just about pushes her completely away. Like a typical guy, Billy realizes and goes after her at all costs...Did i forget to mention the fact that this is all going on during a game that Billy just so happens to be pitching a perfect game in?...news of the sale of the Tigers forces Billy's hand to make a decision of retirement or trade...this triggers Billy's reflections. He realizes that's he's in love with Jane and he needs more than just "the game" to be complete in life. In typical Movie fashion Billy pitches the perfect game, retires, and goes after Jane. In the ending scene,Billy pours his heart to Jane at the airport in New York...he palns to chase her overseas but by chance she delays her flight to watch the game and is wrestling with her own feelings for Billy and trusting him. All in all, this is a great movie especially for the Costner buffs out there. I personally love all of Costner's baseball movies and i'd put this one at the top of my personal list! This is not a movie to rent, it's a definate buy!!! Billy Chapel is the man everybody wants to be and the man that no man wants to admit that he is...?!
Baseball: Metaphor for life April 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie wasn't really at all about baseball, but about the metaphor for life baseball is. Overall if you are looking for a film that is going to capture what baseball represents, then this is it!
Why it is called "America's Favorite Pasttime" March 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Whether you love baseball or not, if you love a good movie, you will love this one. It is told in a unique and clever use of present time and flashback. Kevin Costner, what can I say? He had to be a ball player in another life. John C. Reilly looked as natural as a catcher on the diamond as he did on the stage as a song and dance man in "Chicago". Kelly Preston, my first time seeing her left me breathless. A superb job. Maybe I'm prejudiced because I do love baseball, but so will you after this. And you too may learn to hate the Yankee's fans.
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