
Hardball
Taste attributes: dramacomedysportsfastlightsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition
"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
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Cast
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- GHS Productions KG
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











