Moneyball

Moneyball

Film: Moneyball

Director: Bennett Miller

Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman,

Synopsis: Moneyball follows the story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

Critics: “Yes, this is a film about statistics and the business of baseball, but don’t let that put you off. Moneyball takes exactly the right steps to make spread-sheets and number crunching look good. A carefully balanced tone and pace let Moneyball escape the tedium that could so easily have befallen it.” - Moneyball

“An accomplished, bracingly intelligent film that scores points on all fronts…” - Daily Telegraph

“One of the most soulful of baseball movies -- it confronts the anguish of a very tough game.” - New Yorker

Award/Nominations: Moneyball was named Movie of the Year by the American Film Institute and he has been nominated at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards & Satellite Awards.

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw


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