Movie Review: See "Trouble with the Curve" at Village Theatre ...

"Trouble with the Curve" is about more than Baseball and it's entertaining.

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I truly enjoy watching a movie at Village Theatre. The staff is always friendly and the location convenient for those of us who live in town. My husband and I ventured to see ?Trouble with the Curve? starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake and John Goodman. From the movie trailers, this looked like a baseball movie. It is a baseball movie, but it isn?t. It is so much more. This movie uses baseball as the commonality between an aging baseball scout, his hard working lawyer daughter, a washed out major leaguer and those who dream of making the big leagues.

Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) is an aging scout. He?s one of the best, if not the best, ever. He?s signed big names that are familiar to even those who aren?t fans of the game. Gus lives alone, doesn?t ?do? technology, and is pretty much a grumpy old man. There are a lot of emotions, attitudes and denial that come with getting older as the body fails and it becomes difficult to do that which used to be easy. Gus does things the old fashioned way, his way. He certainly doesn?t want to admit a problem or ask for or take anyone?s help.

Enter Mickey, Gus?s daughter and a lawyer on the verge of partnership in her firm. She has been working hard for seven years for this promotion and if she wins the next big case, she will be the newest partner and the first female to hold such a position. She quells the fear about her gender by explaining that she grew up with her father, travelling around the country to baseball diamonds and hanging out with men who ?swore, drank and farted.? Surely she can handle being the only female partner in the law firm.

It?s getting time for the draft and all eyes are on a power hitter named Bo Gentry. Scouts are following his team around to assess his talent. He can hit, but is he worth a first round draft pick? Gus travels to watch Gentry play and is soon joined by Mickey after longtime friend and colleague Pete Klein implores Mickey to help her dad and make sure he?s okay.
The rest of the movie is the journey Mickey and Gus make to finally connect as father and daughter. It?s a journey for both of them, for the same, but also different, reasons. Does Mickey really enjoy being a lawyer? Is Gus ready to retire? Can they sit in the same room without fighting? Are the mistakes we make permanent and unforgiveable?

This movie made me laugh, sometimes when I wasn?t sure I should, and it made me cry. It made me mad and made me cheer. It was predictable but wonderful. What is wrong with a little predictability and a happy, fairy tale ending in a world that is so not predictable most of the time?

Clint Eastwood was fantastic, as usual.? Amy Adams did a great job playing?Mickey and Justin Timberlake was surprisingly likeable.? Fellow movie goer Maria said, ?We enjoyed it. It was fun!? She also admitted that she liked the movie even though she isn?t really a baseball fan. So, bottom line is this is a very entertaining movie with some great dialogue and a wonderful, heartwarming story. You don?t have to be a baseball fan to be a fan of ?Trouble with the Curve.? ?See movie times here.

Kellee Hearther

Online Editor

eCoronado.com

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