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Hardball

2001 · 106 min

A scrappy underdog sports story that starts loose and funny, then lands a gut-punch and earns its tears honestly.

Directed by: Brian Robbins
Genres: Drama
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes

Tagline: The most important thing in life is showing up
Overview: An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

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Directed by: Brian Robbins
Genres: Drama
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
redemption
grief
coming-of-age
class
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Brian Robbins
Written by: John Gatins
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne, Julian Griffith, Michael B. Jordan, A. Delon Ellis Jr., Kris D. Lofton
Music: Mark Isham
Cinematography: Tom Richmond
Runtime: 106 min
Country: Germany, United States of America
Languages: English

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