Simply A Masterpiece

hyped garbage

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Hollywood writers give us another PC lecture couched in some sick bathroom based humor. The series had potential until politics took over. Tired about hearing how white folk are racists all the time.

I've never really followed baseball in real life, but, for whatever reason, I've always loved baseball comedies with The Bad News Bears being one of my favorite movies of all time, and "Eastbound & Down" being arguably the funniest television series of the past decade. Although "Brockmire" has yet to air an entire season yet, it has already come close to surpassing "Eastbound & Down" in my mind. Like "Eastbound & Down", "Brockmire" features a hard-to-love protagonist with self-destructive tendencies, but it's also smarter and better written. Hank Azaria, who I've never really particularly loved in anything other than Gross Point Blank, is simply amazing Jim Brockmire, a baseball announcer famous for losing his mind on the air upon learning his wife cheated on him. Such a scenario could just be an excuse to go for cheap laughs at every turn, and although "Brockmire" certainly goes for cheap laughs at times, it's also surprisingly moving and even a little philosophical at times. The main question of "Brockmire" is whether peoples' lives are defined by only their worst moments, and what it means to change as a human being in order to have a meaningful legacy. While "Brockmire" never approaches becoming a drama, Azaria's performance carries a fair amount of dramatic weight, as the hurt and sadness of Brockmire are as much a source of conflict as they are for dark humor. Ultimately, "Brockmire" is only partially about baseball, though the baseball scenes tend to be the funniest. The show has proved to be a big hit for IFC, and it will be interesting to see how both the character and the show grow in its second season. For its fantastic first season, I'd give it 9/10 so far. Highly recommended.

So nice to see Hank Azaria's talents being showcased in the perfect setting! Amanda Peet does a fantastic job as well! In fact, you can really see great talent in the entire cast and even day players! The writing will have you rewinding again and again because you missed a great one-liner and;or want to hear it again! You don't have to be a fan of baseball or The Simpson's or even Azaria or Peet, simply being a fan of FUNNY will make you love this show!!

A baseball announcer who is stream of consciousness so much so that he overshares about his personal life, gets fired from the big leagues, and gets picked up for cheap by a tiny out of shape team. It's Hank Azaria. His personality (really his brand) is friggin amazing and the interplay with the team's manager (Amanda Peet) and the social media director kid (Tyrel Jackson Williams) make for some of the funniest and most relevant dialog and relationships, blending a bygone small-town baseball era with the insta-fame that can come from the internet and the way social media can cause the whole world to fall in love with a character.