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For Love of the Game
Directed by
Sam Raimi
PG-13
1999
2h 18m
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
6.6
47%
75%
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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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Cast of For Love of the Game
Kevin Costner
Billy Chapel
Kelly Preston
Jane Aubrey
John C. Reilly
Gus Sinski
Jena Malone
Heather
Brian Cox
Gary Wheeler
J.K. Simmons
Frank Perry
Vin Scully
Vin Scully
Steve Lyons
Steve Lyons
Carmine Giovinazzo
Ken Strout
Bill E. Rogers
Davis Birch
Hugh Ross
Mike Udall
Domenick Lombardozzi
Tow Truck Driver
Arnetia Walker
Airport Bartender
Larry Joshua
Yankee Fan in Bar
Greer Barnes
Mickey Hart (Detroit Tigers)
Scott Bream
Brian Whitt (Detroit Tigers)
Jose Mota
Jose Garcia (Detroit Tigers)
Earl Johnson
Marcus Random (Detroit Tigers)
Chris Lemonis
Lee Giordano (Detroit Tigers)
Jesse Ibarra
Dennis Skinner (Detroit Tigers)
Pedro Swann
Juan Vasquez (Detroit Tigers)
Michael Rivera
Jimmy Pena (Detroit Tigers)
Dave Eiland
Relief Pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
Joe Lisi
Pete (Detroit Tigers)
Jim Colborn
3rd Base Coach (Detroit Tigers)
Paul Bradshaw
Tiger Pitching Coach
Gene Kirley
Tiger Bench Coach
Chris Fischer
Detroit Tiger Bench
Jon M. McDonnell
Detroit Tiger Bench
Barry Bradford
Detroit Tiger Bench
Kevin Craig West
Detroit Tiger Bench
Wes Said Drake
Detroit Tiger Bench
Luis Moro
Detroit Tiger Bench
Michael Papajohn
Sam Tuttle (NY Yankees)
John Darjean Jr.
Jonathan Warble (NY Yankees)
Donzell McDonald
Lenny Howell (NY Yankees)
Scott Pose
Matt Crane (NY Yankees)
Vick Brown
Jesus Cabrillo (NY Yankees)
Chris Ashby
Nardini (NY Yankees)
Bill Masse
Mike Robinson (NY Yankees)
Mike Buddie
Jack Spellman (NY Yankees)
Eric Knowles
Ted Franklin (NY Yankees)
Ricky Ledee
Ruiz (NY Yankees)
Juan Nieves
Francisco Delgado (NY Yankees)
Augie Garrido
Yankee Manager
Rick Reed
Home Plate Umpire
Rich Garcia
1st Base Umpire
Jerry Crawford
2nd Base Umpire
Bob Sheppard
Yankee Stadium Announcer
Eddie Layton
Yankee Stadium Organist
Frank Adu
Locker Room Attendant
T. Sean Ferguson
Heckler
Victor Colicchio
Heckler
David Mucci
Heckler
Jacob Reynolds
Wheeler's Nephew
Maurice Shrog
Yankee Stadium Usher
Karen Williams
Kisha Birch
Tracy Middendorf
Blonde Player's Wife
William Newman
Fitch
P.J. Barry
Waldorf Doorman
Frank Girardeau
Waldorf Bellhop
Caterina Zapponi
Waldorf Singer
Monty Alexander
Waldorf Pianist
Daniel Dae Kim
ER Doctor
Judith Drake
ER Nurse
Bill Vincent
X-Ray Technician
Bill Costner
Billy's Father
Sharon Costner
Billy's Mother
Mark Thomason
Billy's Father (Early Years)
Laura Cayouette
Masseuse
Christopher Cousins
Ian
Ted Raimi
Gallery Doorman
Michael Emerson
Gallery Doorman
Shelly Desai
Taxi Driver
Lucinda Clare
Airline Ticket Agent
Ed Morgan
Man at the Cafe
Brian Donald Hickey
Autograph Seeker
Tracy Perry
Autograph Seeker
Mark Adrian
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
Derek Ambrosi
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
Dread Archie Jr.
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
Sonia Aurora
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Allison Baker
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Jani Blom
Drunk Guy (uncredited)
David S. Bookbinder
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Barry Brandt
Billy's Brother (uncredited)
Chuck Bunting
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
James H. Burns
Baseball Scout (uncredited)
Carl Burrows
Cunningham (uncredited)
Todd Carroll
Yankee Player (uncredited)
David Crane
New York Fan (uncredited)
Addie Daddio
Waitress (uncredited)
Marc Davies
Baseball Player (uncredited)
Stéphanye Dussud
Detroit Tiger's Wife (uncredited)
Phil Faicco
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Ken Farnell
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Caroline Fogarty
Waitress (uncredited)
Guy Guglielmi
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
Fan in Airport Lounge (uncredited)
David G. Knappe
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Sheila Lussier
Baseball Player's Wife (uncredited)
Susan Malick
Baseball Player's Wife (uncredited)
John McEwan
Stadium Spectator (uncredited)
Seth William Meier
Brian Whelan (uncredited)
Taylor McCall Moore
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Josh Mowery
Team Buyer (uncredited)
Michael Neeley
Horseback Cop (uncredited)
Glenn Nocera
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
Dominic Pace
Aravalo (uncredited)
Michael C. Pierce
Relief Pitcher Lovett (uncredited)
Bobby Plasencia
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
Stu 'Large' Riley
Richard (uncredited)
Tait Smith
Frat Boy (uncredited)
Laurent St. Pierre
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Robert Štěpánek
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
John B. Sterling
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Wendy Rich Stetson
Baseball Player's Wife (uncredited)
Alberto Suarez
Ballgame Fan (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Pete (uncredited)
Barbara Troy
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
Joseph Tudisco
Yankee Fan (uncredited)
Ray Vanacore
Screaming Yankee Fan (uncredited)
Tom Ward
Yankees Bench Manager (uncredited)
Troy Waters
Sailboat Captain (uncredited)
Kathleen Wilce
Tourist at Airport (uncredited)
Geoff Witcher
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Sam Raimi
Director
Michael Shaara
Writer
Dana Stevens
Writer
Armyan Bernstein
Producer
Amy Robinson
Producer
For Love of the Game Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Michael Sragow
For Love of the Game asks whether the same qualities that make an athlete a champion don't also destroy his happiness. The answer, unfortunately, is long-winded and redundant... But some of the baseball scenes are good.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
This is no perfect -- or even half-perfect -- game. It's another movie where conventions are subbed for life lessons, where the emotions are cued by golden oldies and where the motivation (at least on the studio's part) isn't love of the game but money.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Here are two things that definitely don't go together: baseball and piano music.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The baseball sequences are fabulous, not least because Costner looks and moves like a real player a rarity for actors in sports movies... But the love story, a five-year off-and-on affair, is little more than a sop to Costner's romantic faithful.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
On the field, Costner is consistent, but his exploration of Billy's romantic dilemma is superficial and often wooden.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Those flashbacks will drive you nuts. As if baseball didn't drag on long enough, almost every inning or out of that Yankees game is punctuated by a memory.
New York Post
Rod Dreher
For love of the God, what is wrong with the once-likable Kevin Costner?
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
I'm all for romance, you understand. But what makes this a drawback is that these people are all wrong for each other and that the filmmakers don't seem to know it.
Slate
David Edelstein
The rhythms of the game feel right; the rhythms of the romance feel embarrassingly Harlequin, and the picture drags on for over two hours.
Baltimore Sun
Ann Hornaday
Vanity is one thing, but Costner's act is beginning to feel like a particularly self-righteous -- and tiresome -- form of pathology. Someone should tell him that an actor's job is to disappear into his characters, not vice-versa.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Not a frame reflects the distinctively edgy touch that director Sam Raimi brought to films as diverse as The Evil Dead and A Simple Plan.
AV Club
Keith Phipps
For Love Of The Game seems lost, as one overlong melodramatic interlude follows another, each more predictable than the entirely predictable game itself.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
This guy is earnest, tireless, noble in his devotion to America's pastime and mostly dull as branch water.
Observer
Rex Reed
Under the confident direction of Sam Raimi, Mr. Costner gives a restrained but emotionally accessible performance.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
A perfect game in Yankee Stadium is no big deal these days; two have been pitched in the past 16 months. But a good baseball movie, that's hard.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
For the first 100 minutes or so I found this hokey but serviceable; after that my watch became more meaningful than anything I could locate on-screen.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Thinking back through the movie, I cannot recall a single thing either character said that was worth hearing in its own right, apart from the requirements of the plot.
Variety
Robert Koehler
Costner is as uneven as the storytelling itself, stone cold at moments, shimmeringly real in others.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
For Love of the Game is an entertaining double play: an excellent baseball movie and an even better love story.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino
At two hours-plus, it doesn't just seem long, it sometimes feels like a double rain delay.
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