Too much of everything

Pretty Good

best movie i've ever seen.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Trouble with the Curve (2012) is one of those fluffy family drama films, it fits pretty much every stereotype. I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but just know that going in. If you know this and you want to see a film like that, then you'll most likely enjoy it and have a good time. But if you're expecting another fantastic Clint Eastwood film that'll win more Academy Awards, then this is not that. I'll talk about what I thought worked first. The cast did a great job and I thought they all had impressive chemistry. Amy Adams played the role of Mickey, Gus's daughter well and I really believe she was the best possible choice for the character. Clint Eastwood of course gives a great performance as Gus, the lead character. Eastwood and Adams pull off the father/daughter dynamic well and Timberlake and Adams also pull off the romantic chemistry. The romantic plot between them is very well placed in the film and it's good to see. The main thing I didn't care for about this film was the feeling of average that I got after it was over. I walked away feeling that it was between alright and pretty good, a 7/10, and that's not awful of course, but I was hoping for better. This is a film I only recommend if you know what you're going into and you don't expect to get more than that.

Rounding out my look back at Clint Eastwood's acting filmography, I come to his last performance to date, 2012's The Trouble With The Curve.Plot In A Paragraph: A daughter (Amy Adams) tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father (Clint Eastwood) a decorated baseball scout by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.Trouble With The Curve is not a great baseball movie, it's not a great sports movie either, but it is an enjoyable, better than average movie. Part of me wishes Clint hadn't made this, and he retired on Gran Torino. I was so uninterested in it, I didn't even watch it until last year, when I bought it for 50p in a second hand shop. Clint gives his usual solid performance, and Amy Adams is good too. Justin Timberlake puts in a decent performance too,, and Joe Messingill is very annoying, I really disliked his character!!Trouble With The Curve only grossed $35 million at the domestic Box Office to end the year as the 89th highest grossing movie of 2012.

It goes to show that with too many big name actors, it doesn't necessarily pay off. I feel like the first 30 minutes I was trying to recognize who I knew from other films. And is it just me or do some of the big name actors come in 3's. The introduction of both Gus' bosses and the daughter's bosses are set with 3 big name actors. Was that just me who noticed? It's a good movie but there's no room for potential with so much talent on the cast. People love Clint Eastwood movies and movies that introduce talent on the rise.

The movie Trouble with the Curve is a story about an aging baseball talent scout Gus played by Client Eastwood. Gus has built a reputation over the years of recruiting many talented players for the Atlanta Braves. An older man who, set in his ways, Gus is unwilling to change his style to fit with the recent technological changes in how baseball players are recruited, which relies mostly on computer technology. His nemesis is a younger manager Phillip, played by Matthew Lillard, who is convinced that Gus is ready for retirement. Pete, played by John Goodman, a longtime friend of Gus' enlists the help of Gus' daughter Mickey to keep an eye on Gus on an important scouting trip. Mickey, played by Amy Adams, who has not always had a good relationship with her father, is resentful that she has to take on the task of watching out for him. Amy is a driven and focused career woman and is competing for a partnership in the law firm where she works. She also has a nemesis, another lawyer who takes advantage of her absence at work to take her promotion as a partner. While on the scouting trip in North Carolina Gus and Amy meet up with another scout, Johnny, played by Justin Timberlake, was a former Major League baseball player, who was recruited by Gus. The theme of this movie centers around the three main characters and the conflicts they are experiencing in their personal lives. Gus had to raise a young daughter on his own after the death of his wife, and Amy is having to deal with resentment toward her father because he sends her away to live with distance relatives when she is younger instead of raising her himself. She feels abandoned by her father but does not understand the true reason behind his actions. While Gus and Amy are not close, their personalities are very similar. Driven and controlling individuals, they keep others at a distance for fear of being hurt or rejected. Johnny, who ended his Major League career due to a shoulder injury, is the catalyst that eventually draws Gus and Amy into a closer relationship helping them both realize they can open up to one another, in doing so Amy realizes the sacrifices her father made for her long ago. In the end, all the characters grow through their experiences with one another. A transition is made between father and daughter, and Gus sees that the time she spent with him in her youth on recruiting trips was beneficial to her, and Amy can again be involved in something she loves with her father.