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    For Love of the Game

    PG-131999 · Drama · 2h 17m
  1. Sep 17, 1999 · For Love of the Game: Directed by Sam Raimi. With Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone. After 19 years of playing the game he's loved his whole life, Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel has to decide if he's going to risk everything and put everything out there.

    • Sam Raimi
    • 258
    • 31 sec
  2. John C. Reilly. Gus Sinski. Jena Malone. Heather Aubrey. Brian Cox. Gary Wheeler. Watchlist. Forty-year-old pitcher Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is practically a dinosaur by professional baseball...

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    • Sam Raimi
    • PG-13
    • Kevin Costner
  3. Sep 17, 1999 · "For Love of the Game" is about the kinds of people who give the wrong answers. It's the most lugubrious and soppy love story in many a moon, a step backward for director Sam Raimi after "A Simple Plan," and yet another movie in which Kevin Costner plays a character who has all the right window dressing but is neither juicy nor interesting.

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  5. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment, grossing $46.1 million against a $50 million production budget. Costner received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor .

    • September 17, 1999
  6. Yes, deep down, or au fond as the romantic French say, "For Love of the Game," directed by Sam Raimi ("A Simple Plan") is really about the love of a difficult man for a good woman.

  7. It's no exaggeration to say that the supporting cast in this film -- John C. Reilly as the catcher, Kelly Preston as the girl friend, and Jena Malone as the girl friend's adorable teenage daughter -- are very much the stars. They really set Costner up for an unusually mature, disciplined performance.

  8. Based on 3 parent reviews. paleofish Parent of 7-year-old. May 24, 2016. age 13+. Not for the young ones! After reading the other review, I thought that this would be okay for my eight-year-old.