Hardball
Film2001106 min

Hardball

Taste attributes: dramacomedysportsfastlightsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition

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"The most important thing in life is showing up"

Boxlist takeA stirring drama, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

all consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Keanu ReevesDiane LaneMichael B. JordanD. B. SweeneyJohn Hawkes

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2001
Runtime
106 min
Status
Released
Studio
GHS Productions KG
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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