Review of Trouble with the Curve (2012) by Dawdlingpoet — 25 Nov 2021

Ok this is a cliched film - somewhat cheesy? sure. However, its an easy enough watch and it features decent main performances from both Amy Adams and Clint Eastwood and so I enjoyed it and felt it was a reasonably well made film overall.

It does have a bit of a feel of a daytime TV (i.e. made for TV) film (cast aside perhaps) but I felt it had good intentions. I was surprised to see Justin Timberlake in a lesser role - I know he's been in a few films (Edison Force I think was one?) but I don't generally expect to see him crop up in films these days.

The sorts of films he appears in do tend to be a little 'ok-ish to good at best' sort of thing, if I remember right. I liked this film as there were some amusing moments present, its not all depressing (regarding the main characters fading faculties, shall I say (thats hardly a spoiler, the main story is clearly about an aging sports talent spotter), its faintly amusing too, which is nice - I thought both Adams and Eastwood got on well on screen and so I'd recommend this film.

I wouldn't say you absolutely have to be keen on baseball/sports to enjoy the film either, I'm not particularly a fan but I like Clint Eastwood films and I enjoyed this film regardless, so thats always a plus.

Its not exactly a big glitzy, exciting film but it has a surprisingly genuine feel to it, so while its not greatly memorable, for what it is, its a good film, hence my (7 out of 10) rating. Good stuff.