I have been a San Francisco Giants fan all of my life - since 1958 - and this film made me sick to my stomach. The "politically correct" nature of the De Niro character is nauseating to watch - as he skulls to death a "friend" with a baseball bat - portraying fathers of broken relationships abandoning their young kids at ballparks - it resonates to fabricated court documents in Family Law Hearings. Pure propaganda. Ellen Barkin's gratuitous, out of control, cursing and swearing at a rain-soaked "baseball game" in progress - reminds one of the floods in "Noah's Ark" - (very realistic by the way) - to revealing De Niro as the Catcher in the climactic scene - makes you wish you had got up and gone home a lot sooner than you did.
Unbelievable stuff. I think that Willie McCovey would roll over in his grave & Willie Mays would be upset at this release. Robert De Niro should have known better than to do this one.
I think It paints him in a poor light, to put it mildly.
I am sadly disappointed at the many positive reviews of this film. Hard for me to believe.
Unbelievable stuff. I think that Willie McCovey would roll over in his grave & Willie Mays would be upset at this release. Robert De Niro should have known better than to do this one.
I think It paints him in a poor light, to put it mildly.
I am sadly disappointed at the many positive reviews of this film. Hard for me to believe.
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