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For Love of the Game

1999 · 138 min

A slow, reflective sports drama that interweaves a tense baseball game with tender memories, leaving a bittersweet, heartfelt aftertaste.

Directed by
Sam Raimi
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Billy Chapel must choose between the woman he loves and the game he lives for.
Overview
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.

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Directed by
Sam Raimi
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • aging
  • ambition
  • parenthood
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Sam Raimi
Written by
Dana Stevens
Starring
Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox, J.K. Simmons, Vin Scully, Steve Lyons
Music
Basil Poledouris
Cinematography
John Bailey
Runtime
138 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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