Calvin Marshall

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12/15/2020 A solid indie film with good performances and pacing, and Steven Zahn earning the screen time he got even as a supporting character (more like 2nd lead). It's a pleasant homage to baseball as played at the lowest level of competitive competency because ... what else is there to do anyway? The lightly thematic elements pay off the emotional investment in the characters without rubbing it all in our faces. If one needs an analogy, think of this film as keeping a scorecard as you watch the game in the stadium for no other reason than the love of the game and a reminder in later years that you were there. See more 10/06/2013 Lundgren's screenplay beautifully juggles the story's alternately comic and poignant elements and renders all three main characters with surprising depth. I say RENT IT!!! See more 05/08/2012 The most perfect game in the world... See more 03/27/2012 I put this movie off for a long time, because it was supposed to suck. Well, it didn't. Not at all. This was a rather enjoyable, rather well done little movie. Alex Frost (Calvin) reminded me ALOT of a young John Cusack. Nice movie... See more 02/20/2012 This one really surprised me. Within the first few minutes, I came pretty close to stopping it and picking a different one from Netflix. Calvin was a great character to root for, as he stubbornly keeps trying to make the college baseball team. Having no real athletic skills, he quickly becomes the laughing stock of his peers. The story really develops the three main characters: Calvin, Calvin's coach Doug, and Tori, who plays Calvin's volley-ball-playing romantic interest. The coach really reminded me a lot of my freshman baseball coach, Coach Alvarado. And the chemistry between Calvin and Tori seemed very raw and authentic. I don't think she was smoking hot, but that's exactly how the girls seemed in high school or college. A great movie, which smoothly juggles the baseball, coming-of-age, and romance elements all in one. See more 02/08/2012 Steve Zahn is really the best and funniest thing about this movie. Not used to seeing him in roles like this, but he's pretty likeable in whatever he does. Alex Frost isn't very charismatic. I've seen him in another movie ("A Vicious Mind") playing a pretty similar role. Frost is the title character, Calvin, who dreams of playing in the MLB but can't even make the cut on a junior college squad. His crabby, cussing coach, Coach Little, has pity on him and keeps him around as a morale-booster/mascot. Calvin, while sweet to Tori, just isn't very sympathetic. Most of the time when he's with her I notice he talks mostly about himself and kind of brags. He lies, he's deluded about his own abilities. Yeah, I just don't feel much for him as a lead character. But I do like the theme of the story. Calvin tries and tries to make his dream come true but he's simply not good enough for a MLB career. However there are smaller instances in his life (helping a little league team and playing for another team) which showcases what he's good at. It's disappointing to him that things don't work out the way he wants but he learns to roll with the punches and accept small defeats. See more Read all reviews

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