Back in the Game - Eine neue Chance
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Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Scott Eastwood, Robert Patrick, Matt Bush, Ed Lauter, Chelcie Ross (mehr)Streaming (4)
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Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) zählt seit Jahrzehnten zu den besten Baseball-Talentsuchern – allein anhand des Schlägergeräuschs kann er die Qualität eines Schlags beurteilen. Doch obwohl er es nicht wahrhaben will – sein Alter lässt sich mittlerweile nicht mehr verleugnen. Aber er will sich partout nicht auf die Reservebank abschieben lassen. Doch die Verhandlungen um den phänomenalsten Nachwuchs-Schlagmann der USA stehen an, und die Teamleitung der Atlanta Braves wundert sich zunehmend über seine Entscheidungen. Helfen könnte in dieser Situation nur die einzige Person, die Gus niemals bitten würde – seine Tochter Mickey (Amy Adams): Die dynamische und ehrgeizige Anwältin steht kurz davor, in ihrer hochkarätigen Kanzlei zur Partnerin aufzusteigen. Mickey hat sich mit ihrem Vater nie verstanden, denn nach dem Tod seiner Frau hat er als alleinerziehender Vater kläglich versagt. Obwohl Gus protestiert, begleitet sie ihn auf seiner neuen Talentsuche nach North Carolina, wobei sie ihre eigene Karriere aufs Spiel setzt. Gezwungen, erstmals seit Jahren wieder Zeit miteinander zu verbringen, versuchen sie, ihre persönlichen Animositäten beizulegen und einen Neuanfang zu wagen. (Verleiher-Text)
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Sometimes you need a fairy tale like this for your audience's mental health, even if it is painfully predictable, but it has a positive feeling, which is never enough.
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It's a pretty routine flick, but luckily Clint Eastwood is in it and he's a classic, so his fan base won't regret it in the end. But if the story had revolved around a more entertaining sport (like tic-tac-toe, jumping jacks, or chess), it might have been a little better.
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I went to see this flick mainly because it stars Clint Eastwood. I remember reading he would never play in another movie again. It was around the time Gran Torino came out and his acting performance in that one was flawless. But then all of a sudden this nobody from the middle of nowhere shows up who’s made no movies so far and decides to make an absolutely average drama and wrap the whole thing in nationalism and baseball and Clint just walks right into the middle of that. I don’t understand why. If it wasn’t for Clint, I’d give this movie one, or two stars tops. Trouble with the Curve might be too much of a pro-American movie, but Clint is still the kind of actor that even non-Americans will find interesting. But his role in this movie being his last one is pretty sad. You see some time halfway through the movie, I was actually wondering whether I want to watch it to the end. I even skipped about fifteen minutes and when I got back to the movie, nothing significant had happened. But anyways, Clint made me watch the movie to the end eventually. I kept telling myself that there would be some part that I’d find interesting. But in the end, this didn’t happen and Clint’s last performance became one of the most mediocre movies I’d seen recently.
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Clint Eastwood did promise that he would not return in front of the camera, but I think everyone is glad that he did not stick to this resolution. After his performance in the film "Gran Torino", it would be a shame for him to end his career when he still has more to offer to the world. This was also evident in the film "Trouble with the Curve", although on the other hand, the role created for him was essentially identical to the one he portrayed in his own film "Gran Torino", which is a pity. Clint has already lived quite a few years, he will celebrate his eighty-third birthday this year, but he still has a lot to show even in less similar roles. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/02/zpatky-ve-hre-2012-65.html
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