Excellent but underrated film

Beautiful, moving film.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

I like to think I know exactly how the character of Nicky Rogan felt. I am a young Redsox fan so thank goodness I don't have all those sour memories locked away, but I know several people who do have them hidden somewhere. Honestly, until i saw it for myself, I had very little faith in the Redsox ever winning a world series again. Anyway this film was a real joy to watch. Michael Keaton did a great job playing Nicky Rogan. As the Redsox go, so goes Nicky's entire world and that's usually how it is if you're a Redsox fan. There's an amazingly tense sequence in a New york bar toward the end of the film, so watch for that. I can't close this review without mentioning the brilliant Catherine O'Hara, who does a great job in her scene as Nicky's wife

So many nice touches to this film - the unpronounceable taxi driver names, the two Mets fans encountered in the restaurant bathroom, the asbestos incident, the claustrophobic camera tracking in the ATM scene, it's obvious that this film was made for the love of the script and the art of cinema, and not for the monetary return. What I think is amazing is that the big-name actors took salaries that are barely more than extras' pay on your normal big- budget films. And it all worked - Game 6 is very well done and enjoyable.It's interesting that the Mets seem to be finding their way into film plots. The Miracle Mets of 1969 were a vital part of the movie "Frequency" a few years ago, and now "Game 6" commemorates the now-iconic comeback that will always be a hallmark of the Mets' second World Championship. Cool, especially if you are a Mets fan (check!).But Red Sox fans- what's this fascination with Bill Buckner's error? If you get a chance, look at the video of that play again, and try to figure out how Buckner could field the ball, change direction, and get to the bag ahead of Mookie Wilson. Mookie was on full throttle and rounded first just after the ball skipped past Buckner. The error wouldn't have mattered, Mookie was going to beat it out, and the pitcher Stanley wasn't covering first in time either. Yeah, since Buckner didn't field it, it's an error, but even IF he had, it would have been scored a single.

I was lucky enough to see this movie last week in Portland Oregon. I say lucky because this movie has a very limited release. I had heard about this movie for a few years and was anxious to see it. I had quite a few reasons I wanted to see it. I am a big fan of Michael Keaton, I have loved baseball all my life and when I say love I mean love. I love the movies of Michael Hoffman too. But I will be totally honest and say the biggest reason I went to this movie was to see Robert Downey Junior. He is my favorite actor without a doubt and I think he is totally brilliant. This movie did not let me down at all. I will not write about the plot because you can read that anywhere. I will say this however that this movie is a little gem. The dialog is perfect. The acting is perfect and I left the theater very happy that I had been able to see it. It reminded me of another movie I fell in love with years ago... "A Thousand Clowns". Both movies are set in New York and have brilliant lines and awesome acting. I could almost see Game 6 as a stage play but I do wonder how they would handle the crucial cab scenes. I hope that little movies like this will continue to be made. Movies that have a story and leave you with plenty to talk about. I will buy this when it comes out as a DVD. I hope that Michael Hoffman continues to make movies that have a heart and soul and mean something. Anyway.. thanks to the cast and Mr.Hoffman! I loved it!

I saw this movie with about 300 people as a screening for a film class. About 1/2 the audience did not like it and the other 1/2 did. Many saw it as a baseball movie. I saw it as a movie about fear of failure and the expectation of failure in life by many. I felt that the script relating the expectations of the Boston Red Sox fans who feel the curse and expect to lose was incredibly written to parallel how this can relate to the way a person visualizes his life and dreams (real or imagined). The script was brilliant, the acting was extraordinary. I don't know that this will work commercially but I was moved by this movie more than any movie I have seen in a long time. Too me, this was not a baseball movie, this was a brilliant look into the the mind of more people than we would like to believe.