An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Hardball has generally received mixed reviews.
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Hardball was released in 2001 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 396 reviews, giving Hardball (2001) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 59%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Hardball than critics were.
With a score of 58%, Hardball is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Original Sin, Swordfish and The Mexican.
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