Jeremy of The Daily Rotation wrote, "It’s always hard reviewing a film that’s main plot is centered on a sport that I do not care for. Moneyball is a baseball drama that is based on a true story. It translates well to film and manages to gain interest due to the star Brad Pitt and the rest of the cast, but it never reaches greatness. It’s a good film with an interesting story that gives the viewer tons of knowledge of the sport, but it loses steam in the bottom of the ninth. It feels like wasted potential. That being said it also could have been much worse. Instead of becoming one of the better films of the fall it settles with being a good one to watch, but not much more."
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
You might not be able to hear his seven words on TV (at least not on a network anyway), but soon you’ll be able to hear them in a movie. Moneyball scribe Stan Chervin has been brought on to write a George Carlin biopic, which will be produced by his former manager Jerry Hamza and …
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Brad Pitt Reveals Strategy For Winning an Oscar on 'The Daily Show' (Video)The "Moneyball" star, up for best actor at this year's Academy Awards, impresses Jon Stewart with his unconventional idea to beat rival nominees George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman and Demian Bichir.
This is a very funny video but then Jon Stewart is always funny and Brad Pitt can be too. His comments on how to win the Oscar at the end are not bad at all....not gonna happen, but not bad.
Whoever said this is an Indie movie is an idiot. It's a major studio release starring probably the biggest movie star on the planet.
Anywho, I really want to see this, I loved the book, I've read the script, and I don't think the changes help it, but I want to see it anyway. I grew up watching Beane's teams.