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The Final Season

Play trailer Poster for The Final Season PG Released Oct 12, 2007 1h 53m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Baseball rules in the small town of Norway, Iowa. Its high-school team is the winner of many state championships, and the coach, Jim Van Scoyoc (Powers Boothe), is National Coach of the Year. When Norway's high school must merge with another, he loses his job. Kent Stock (Sean Astin), who once assisted him, takes over the Norway team for the last season, but the odds are against Kent and the players.
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The Final Season recycles clichés we've seen in countless other sports movies, making for an unoriginal and uninspiring addition to the genre.

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Jennifer Preyss Atlanta Journal-Constitution An exciting family picture, worthy of viewing, if only for the warm-fuzzy feeling. Rated: B Oct 20, 2007 Full Review Scott Tobias AV Club Stereotypes are meant to exalt small-town values, but The Final Season is proof that it's hard to paint masterpiece in broad strokes. Rated: C- Oct 12, 2007 Full Review Ted Fry Seattle Times Perhaps if Disney had gotten their hands on it, The Final Season would have gotten the spitball polish it needs. Rated: 1.5/4 Oct 12, 2007 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Never has an underdog film been so boring, trite, and wholly uninspiring. Rated: 2/10 Nov 24, 2020 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens The Final Season hits one out of the park! Nov 16, 2019 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...manages to overcome the entirely underwhelming nature of its first act. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 3, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mark D Enough cheese here to make a nacho! And that's not a good thing. For the life of me, I sure can't figure out how this movie gets a 6.5 rating on IMDB. Did I miss something? Usually a bad movie that gets a good grade is due to the friends and family of the filmmaker voting on it. And the films are viewed by a handful of folks. But this got a ton of votes. I just don't get it. That said, I have to say just about everything about this film is a cliche. The acting is just so so. The writing is dreadful. And the cinematography and score are barely passable. It's another of those films that I just had to stop halfway through and scream "UNCLE!!!" You've been warned. There are a ton of great sports movies out there. Unfortunately, this isn't one of them. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member excellent movie about small town life and a great baseball movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Sean Astin is brilliant. This is a great story of being remembered! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/12/20 Full Review Audience Member This sports drama was pretty good. Sean Astin and the rest of the cast did a great job in this movie. The story this movie was based on is true and it was quite inspiring. It's a movie about one last chance to do something great. People would probably enjoy this movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member best baseball movie i've ever watch.. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Sports movies are my guilty pleasure, especially baseball movies. The Final Season is your typical baseball movie with some sort of an issue that effects the entire team. Its a pretty cut and dry film. It got bashed and has bad scores. But I love these movies, so if you love baseball and baseball movies as much as I do, you'll probably like The Final Season as well. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Baseball rules in the small town of Norway, Iowa. Its high-school team is the winner of many state championships, and the coach, Jim Van Scoyoc (Powers Boothe), is National Coach of the Year. When Norway's high school must merge with another, he loses his job. Kent Stock (Sean Astin), who once assisted him, takes over the Norway team for the last season, but the odds are against Kent and the players.
Director
David M. Evans
Producer
Steven Schott, Tony Wilson, Michael Wasserman
Screenwriter
Art D'Alessandro
Distributor
Yari Film Group
Production Co
The Final Season, Final Partners, Fobia Films
Rating
PG (Language|Thematic Elements|Some Teen Smoking)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 12, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.2M
Runtime
1h 53m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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