Review of Game 6

Game 6 (2005)
7/10
Game 6
14 May 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Nicky Rogan(Michael Keaton)is an obsessive Red Sox fan who is worried that his play will get skewered by a renowned, but hated critic, Steven Schwimmer(Robert Downey Jr.). The time is Game 6 of the World Series between Boston and the Mets in 1986 the night the ball goes under Buckner's legs and a Red Sox nation cries into the night as their hearts break. Nicky wasn't that worried about his play until he let his badly mentally wounded friend, Elliot(Griffin Dunne)persuade him into thinking that Steven would roast it in his review column. Elliot hasn't recovered from a negative review by Steven..but Steven is such a nervy recluse because many playwrights want him dead because he simply writes the truth for which they do not want to hear. Scathing reviews embedded in the possible mind of a very weary Red Sox fan on the night they have a chance to end the Curse is enough to drive anyone over the edge. Soon Elliot has Nicky so rattled and convinced he needs to shoot Steven to save his career from possible ruin. Another barely touched on matter, Nicky's marriage is coming to an end.

This is a dialogue-driven piece more than anything with the minor plot serving as a means to display the brilliant words. Good acting from Keaton and Dunne while Downey, Jr displays his usual greatness. The material regarding that fateful day is nothing new and only provides a backdrop to possibly mirror his own play's potential failure. The film captures that frenzy within New York surprisingly well, but this is still quite a low-budget character study.
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