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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondClint Eastwood and a superb cast hit it out of the park in Trouble With The Curve, a great entertainment filled with heart, humor, family drama and fantastic acting.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyEastwood is vastly entertaining as an old-fashioned scout who disdains computers and fancy statistical charts in favor of his own time-tested instincts.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangA defiantly analog rejoinder to last year's tech-savvy baseball drama, "Moneyball," Robert Lorenz's square but sturdy directing debut rests on the wonderfully spiky chemistry between Eastwood and Amy Adams.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertTrouble With the Curve isn't a great sports film, like Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" (2004). But it's a superior entertainment, moving down somewhat predictable paths with an authenticity and humanity that appeals.
- 70Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonHere is the irony: Trouble With the Curve embodies all of the values it espouses - it is an old-fashioned, proficient, amiable, and decent movie - but it has no instinct.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichAdams gets a delectable onscreen partner in Justin Timberlake as a novice scout who takes an interest in Mickey. Even the old half-naked-moonlight-swim gambit feels fresh with these two involved.
- 58Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDirector Robert Lorenz makes a nondescript debut, after assisting Eastwood on several of his directing gigs. The student hasn't learned much from the teacher about economic storytelling or deflecting schmaltz.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEven those who don't know a foul tip from a chicken wing will be able to spot the desperate plays.
- Lacking narrative momentum, saddled with thin characterizations and uninspired plotting, Trouble With The Curve should've stayed on the bench.