Brad Pitt pisses me off. I try to NOT like him, but I can't make it happen. I really dislike his smug interview personality, but I often end up liking what he can do in films. Burn After Reading. Fight Club. Ocean's 11. He creates great characters. Oh well. I will have to reconcile myself with the fact that people are complex and my feelings about Mr. Pitt are probably not important in any case.
This movie is great. Brad Pitt is charming and likeable as the Oakland A's coach who basically tries to turn the 100 plus year history of baseball scouting and roster selection on its ear. This is based on a true story, so most of us have heard the plot line and know how the movie generally ends. Nevertheless, I was stressed out enough during the movie that I pulled out the laptop and looked up the end of the season for this team on Wiki. So they did a good job with the tension. The acting is uniformly good. Jonah Hill actually gives Brad a run for his money in the cute department.
I would much rather this movie win Best Pic than stupid old War Horse.
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