Moneyball

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Moneyball

PG-13

Released Sep 23, 2011

2h 13m

Drama

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Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, one day has an epiphany: Baseball's conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs. Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), Beane prepares to challenge old-school traditions. He recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. Based on the book by Michael Lewis.

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Critics Consensus

Director Bennett Miller, along with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, take a niche subject and turn it into a sharp, funny, and touching portrait worthy of baseball lore.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Like a long, boring game of chess, where hopeful baseball players are discarded as effortlessly as a pawn and a knight, Moneyball fails to provide the sentiment it needs to inspire audiences.

Rated: C-

Sep 8, 2017

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Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Moneyball is a winner, one of the freshest and smartest sports movies in years.

Rated: 3.5/4

May 6, 2014

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David Elliott

San Diego Reader

Brad Pitt is at the top of his own game as Beane. Cocky and often nonchalant, he is gnawed by doubts that he tries to cover by grabbing a snack or pitching a grin.

Rated: 4/4

May 6, 2014

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

The trick of Moneyball is that while this analytics revolution has not made the sport any more enjoyable... watching the coup unfold via nonstop workplace arguments is a blast.

Jan 22, 2025

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

If The Big Short distilled Lewis’ prose to its most entertaining essence without sacrificing his scope and The Blind Side just favored the human interest portion of his story, then Moneyball fell somewhere in between.

Jan 4, 2025

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Fico Cangiano

CineXpress Podcast

How can you not be romantic about baseball and this film? A superb script by Aaron Sorkin, great performances by Pitt and Hill, and solid direction by Miller result in a phenomenal sports drama of how the sport evolved. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Jun 1, 2024

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Beau B

Brilliant, inspirational film. A testament to the romanticism and amazingness of baseball. A great depiction of the Oakland Athletics miracle season. Fantastic acting. The best sports movie I have ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/25

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Lee Y

Excellent movie. I always enjoy a true story that is well written, acted and exceeds one’s expectations.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Audience Member

Great movie...will watch multiple times. Pitt was phenomenal, loved the writing...overall big thumbs up 👍

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Audience Member

Fantastic baseball movie, true story, a must-see for sports fans!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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Audience Member

It’s really well done for what I initially thought was a pretty boring premise. It does a great job of putting the focus on the actors rather than the sport, in the best kind of way.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Blu B

All Time Classic. Acting is excellent. Everyone gives really good performances but Brad Pitt is excellent and just sends it over the top with a interesting character to boot. The music also is excellent as well in a really unique way. It's not super pumped up stuff like Rocky or Hoosiers but very subtle and memorable. Especially the daughters song which really resoantes. The pacing is excellent too. Everything else is really well done with solid direction to boot. Whoo would ever think the executive suite for MLB would be a memorable setting for a sports drama. What sets it apart is it's the same underdog story at it's core we've seen a thousand times but there is hardly any traditional sports in it. It's about the underdog story of what goes on behind the scenes. Yes theres players and their stories along with scenes of them struggling and winning. But it's only like probably 10-15% of the film. It's all about changing the way you think and hw someone changed the game not with what they did on the field. A winner isn't always holding a trophy and sometimes it's difficult to see that even yourself. It's a very original and unique take on the template I haven't seen before. What also adds to this is the layers of depth to Hill & Pitt's characters. At first their very cold and calculated but we see them evolve into people who embrace their human sides along with the main Moneyball stats story arc and it adds such a human connection to a very niche subject. Despite being so niche, anyone can understand this and relate to the characters. A true testament to how well made this is. Everyone should give this a try once.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Synopsis

Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, one day has an epiphany: Baseball's conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs. Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), Beane prepares to challenge old-school traditions. He recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. Based on the book by Michael Lewis.

Director: Bennett Miller
Producer: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
Screenwriter: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions, Rachael Horovitz, Michael De Luca
Rating: PG-13 (Some Strong Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $75.6M
Runtime: 2h 13m

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