Trouble With The Curve (2012)
Synopsis:
Trouble with the Curve (2012) is a sports drama movie. The film revolves around a retiring baseball scout who brings his daughter on his final trip. Filming began in March 2012, and the movie was released on September 21, 2012. This is Eastwood's first acting project since 2008's Gran Torino and his first acting role in a film he did not direct since 1993's In the Line of Fire.
An aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout named Gus Lobel (Eastwood) is given one last assignment to prove his worth to the organization, who sees him as unable to adapt to changes in the business. His boss and friend Pete (Goodman), who does not want to see him let go, asks Gus's daughter Mickey (Adams) to join him on the trip to make sure he's okay, against Gus's wishes. Together they scout a top new prospect in North Carolina, where Mickey begins to take an active role in her father's work to make up for his failing vision, which he has hidden from his bosses. Along the way Gus reconnects with Johnny (Timberlake), a rival team's scout who has a friendly history with Gus, as Gus was the man who scouted him when he was a baseball player, and who also takes an interest in Mickey.
Cast:
Clint Eastwood as Gus Lobel
Amy Adams as Mickey Lobel
Justin Timberlake as Johnny Flanagan
Matthew Lillard as Tom Silver
John Goodman as Pete Klein
Scott Eastwood as Billy Clark
Production:
Filming began in Georgia in March 2012.
Locations included:
Atlanta: Virginia-Highland neighborhood including George's restaurant.
Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves.
Dawsonville: Amicalola Lodge
Athens: College Ave & Clayton streets
Reception:
Trouble with the Curve has received mixed reviews. Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 52% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 110 reviews, with a rating average of 5.7 out of 10. The consensus reads, "Though predictable and somewhat dramatically underwhelming, Trouble with the Curve benefits from Clint Eastwood's grizzled charisma and his easy chemistry with a charming Amy Adams." At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received a rating average of 59, based on 30 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Directed by Robert Lorenz
Produced by Clint Eastwood
Robert Lorenz
Michele Weisler
Written by Randy Brown
Starring:
Clint Eastwood
Amy Adams
Justin Timberlake
Matthew Lillard
John Goodman
Music by Marco Beltrami
Cinematography: Tom Stern
Editing by Joel Cox
Gary D. Roach
Studio: Malpaso Productions
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date: September 21, 2012
Running time: 111 minutes
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Box office: $23,726,000
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