Moneyball
Directed by Bennett MillerOakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.
Moneyball Ratings & Reviews
- TanalienAugust 9, 2025Billy Beane is in an abusive relationship. He has dedicated his life to the American game of baseball, but at forty years old, he is oppressed by it. Within the sport, he has a poor history, with none of the accolades he’d like to own. As the general manager of the Oakland A’s, Billy has a reputation as a hard-ass. With his disdain for small talk, he prefers to get straight to business. When making deals with other teams, he has a keen sense of when he’s being cheated. His colleagues would say that he’s an unemotional guy. Knowing this, it is surprising that the first thing we learn about Billy’s character is how much he cares. In the very beginning of the film, the A’s are eliminated from the 2001 playoffs. Billy is alone in an empty ballpark, sitting in silence. After all that work, you can see the disappointment on his face. Director Bennett Miller uses the next shot to set up the character for us: an extreme close-up of Brad Pitt’s eyes closing. Billy is defeated, fighting back tears. It’s not his first time. Moneyball is a classic docu-drama. While it departs from the historical record for the sake of entertainment, it belongs to the pantheon of great films based on true stories. It captures Brad Pitt’s greatest performance (so far). It is internally consistent, fully formed in its depiction of character, and a prime example of technical excellence — where the camera and sound serve only the story. Now, I see why Bennett Miller hasn’t made another feature film in eleven years. Because making a film like Moneyball is pretty damn hard.
- Prokhor7d agoJust a darn good moviefilm
- burtjohansonFebruary 5, 2025An exceptional film with tons of rewatchability. This movie will make you love the Athletics and the city of Oakland - the father/daughter storyline is an underrated component that gives the characters some much needed depth
- goducs11February 21, 2026Great movie. Wish we could have seen him win a world series.
- wonderrxjrJanuary 22, 2026I wanted to watch this again after IU won the natty cause I feel Cig has a very similar philosophy to this. Obviously, baseball and football are different, but Billy and Curt have similar goals: buy production, not potential. It's just an incredible story and I love it so much. I didn't realize Sorkin did the screenplay maybe that's also why I like it so much
- JakeysDecember 26, 2025If you just described this movie to me I'd say it sounds unbelievably boring, but somehow it absolutely isn't. Great movie. Pitt even somehow manages to be believable as a normal guy.
- Nissim SassonDecember 2, 2025As a statistician, I find this movie incredibly intriguing. As a sport fan, I don't think those models can always work. Nevertheless, it's a great movie to watch!
- CubaneDecember 10, 2025Apparently you can create a pretty good baseball team if you recruit people who are good at baseball. Seems unlikely, but ok. I still think the main qualification should be chewing huge volumes of tobacco.
- RTKDOOMOctober 11, 2025Solid movie with great direction, a great script and great performances! Still wanna know why Brad Pitt is always eating in his movies though!?
- thomasrogers753July 30, 2025“How can you not be romantic about baseball?”
- parktool69July 14, 2025boring and boring
- Kevin WardJune 30, 2025So after watching The Big Short the other day. I started seeing Moneyball clips all over my Youtube feed…and well…it made me want to watch Moneyball. So then I watched Moneyball. I’m pretty much every advertisers dream. But how can you not be romantic about baseball?
- GrimeFiVideoJune 26, 2025Fantastic film, and I don't even like sports.
- Luke HuebnerJune 4, 2025Absolutely amazing, best edited movie I've ever seen
- jdanat19December 31, 2024Great Movie!
Moneyball Trivia
Moneyball was released on September 23, 2011.
Moneyball was directed by Bennett Miller.
Moneyball has a runtime of 2h 13m.
Moneyball was produced by Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt.
Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.
The key characters in Moneyball are Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
Moneyball is rated PG-13.
Moneyball is a Drama, Biography, Sport film.
Moneyball has an audience rating of 8.6 out of 10.
Moneyball had a budget of $50M.
Moneyball has made $110.2M at the box office.