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For Love of the Game (1999) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give For Love of the Game (1999) a score of 2.8104 out of 4

based on (118) reviews

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Excellent

(13)

Very Good

(86)

Good

(16)

Fair

(3)

Poor

(0)

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The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)

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JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

Reflective, syrupy and effective adult, romantic drama which deals eloquently with a man torn between his affection towards the game of baseball (i.e. his career) and his ability to open up to a woman for whom he cares deeply (i.e. his love life). Do...read the complete For Love of the Game (1999) review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

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Netflix (James Rocchi)

Costner baseball flick is great at motion, not so hot at emotion....read the complete For Love of the Game (1999) review at Netflix (James Rocchi)

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Dustin Putman

"For Love of the Game" is a flashbackladen hearttugger (read: patiencepuller) with one of the most drugout framing devices I have seen. Beginning in NYC where 40yearold pro baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner), is set to...read the complete For Love of the Game (1999) review at Dustin Putman