Eephus

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Eephus

2025

1h 38m

Comedy

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Sports

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As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England Sunday league teams face off for the last time over the course of a day. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future.

Critics Consensus

Revealing character through the rules of the game, Eephus is a bittersweet baseball outing thrown at a perfect pitch.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

Dec 12

3.5/4

Nothing happens in "Eephus" and it’s still one of the best damn baseball movies ever made.

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Keith Phipps

The Reveal

05/18/2025

Eephus lets that sense of finality hum as background noise to a low-key comedy built around an Altman-esque ensemble of colorful characters who drift in and out of the spotlight as they day progresses.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

05/09/2025

This movie is something of an eephus: a long, slow, looping thing that's meant to distract and delay... It's about community, and it's kind of beautiful.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

May 9

74/100

A gentle whisper of truth that lingers in your soul.It finds the beauty in the mundane.

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Nicolás Medina

Peliplat

Apr 24

10/10

is a film about goodbyes, but also about the bonds between people. There is humor, nostalgia, and tenderness in these men who drag out their departure to postpone the inevitable. [Full review in Spanish]

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Armond White

National Review

Jan 6

Sports is the subject of Eephus, a surprisingly good movie for 2025, which was an exceptionally poor year for American films.

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robert w

04/01/2025

Nothingno reason to watch (or make) this film.

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Corey

03/30/2025

Boring and pointless.

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Matthew

03/27/2025

A beautiful and rambling film about baseball and life, which is beautiful and rambling.

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Vincent

03/22/2025

Delightful film. Its a movie that stays with you long after the credits have rolled.

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Todd W

03/22/2025

I remember a little league game I was in, extra innings on a school night and at least 11pm, a teammate’s mom, who wasn’t at the game, came to make him come home lol. I’m glad my mom and dad always understood and share the love of the game of baseball. That’s what this movie did for me, brought back many memories of the greatest sport ever!

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Flex Luthor

03/21/2025

Great pace and great characters. The overt sense of communal loss really humanizes this cast fullnof goobers.

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Synopsis

As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England Sunday league teams face off for the last time over the course of a day. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future.

Director: Carson Lund
Producer: Carson Lund, Tyler Taormina, Michael Basta, David Entin
Screenwriter: Michael Basta, Nate Fisher, Carson Lund
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Omnes Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sports
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 7, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 15, 2025
Runtime: 1h 38m