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A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.
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- TriviaPaul Giamatti's dad, Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, was a very important figure in baseball. He was Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
- GoofsThe band aid on Hop's face, by an inch or two, does not match the point where his father cut and bled him with a beer can.
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Hopper Sr.: Show me what you're made of, why don't cha?
- SoundtracksSonata No. 11 in A Major for Pian, K. 331
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Glenn Gould
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Giamatti is great as usual. Basically a baseball player version of Good Will Hunting. I really enjoyed this and recommend it.
"It doesn't matter what I want cause I have a contract, and you know what, I'll tell you something. They picked the wrong guy because I'm just an ordinary kid." Hopper (Simmons) is a star baseball pitcher that has recently been demoted after a shaky outing. He is sent to psychologist Dr. Mobley (Giamatti) in hopes of him figuring out what is wrong. When Hopper begins to talk about his overbearing father (Hawke) Mobley begins to understand what Hopper's problem is. But it may be too late. I am a huge sucker for all sports movies and I love Paul Giamatti so I was really excited about watching this. I have to say though this is nothing like I expected. At the risk of over simplifying, the movie is basically a baseball player version of Good Will Hunting. Simmons actually plays the part perfect as a kid who isn't sure what he wants anymore and is essentially going though the motions while his dad tries to totally control him. I could keep going on about this but if you liked Good Will Hunting I would recommend this as well. Overall, not what I expected, it was better. I give this a B+.
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- Aug 3, 2016
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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