Trouble With the Curve

Total disappointment.

One would think the combination of Clint Eastwood and baseball would be a perfect match, but then again, there are people who think ranch dressing is good on pizza.

Not even the backdrop of the greatest sport ever created could save “Trouble with the Curve” from almost two hours of Gus Lobel (Eastwood) and his daughter Mickey (Adams) bickering about his insufficient love for her throughout her childhood.

Also, Gus gets old. That subplot happens.

The film was filled with more clichés than you could make in reference to Eastwood’s speech at the Republican National Convention.

Listening to Adams talk about baseball is like listening to Mitt Romney talk about what it would be like to be poor.

It’s not believable.

The only redeeming moments of the film are seeing John Goodman and smirking to yourself as you’re reminded of Walter Sobchak in “The Big Lebowski.”

If you were hoping for another great baseball movie, stop now and just thank God for “Moneyball” and “The Sandlot.”

By Will Gryna