Cobb

Im happy they put Jonesd in this well made motion picture. I own this on VHS. great supporting cast helps this along a great climax I havent seen in a long time. Seabiscuit, and Cinderella Man are 2 great films about... Full review

This movie was overall very good, mainly because of the brilliant acting of Tommy Lee Jones as he played the "Georgia Peach" himself. The movie also has a lot of humor and it distinctly shows the hardships of Cobb's life as... Full review

As someone who loves baseball history, especially the early 20th century in which Cobb was a main figure, along with a ton of colorful characters, I was looking forward to seeing this baseball film. Well, it wasn't a baseball film,... Full review

I can say with all honesty and certainty, that this is the worst movie I've ever seen. Rather than being about Ty Cobb's career, which interests me as a huge baseball fan, it was about....I'm not even sure. We get a... Full review

Presuming all we have heard about Ty Cobb's off-field life are true, this movie is a wonderful portrayal.Tommie Lee Jones' portrayal of Cobb is incredible. He instantly presents a well educated, highly opinionated and full-of-himself fading hero. Jones' character portrayal... Full review

Terrific Movie! Surely Tommy Lee Jones best ever performance.It must have taken me an hour before I was no longer shocked at the comments and actions of Jones' portrayal, of Ty Cobb's life story.Could all this stuff be true? I... Full review

This movie really showed the personality of Ty Cobb as Cobb the ball player and Cobb the person. Cobb did have a heart but wasnt shown all the time. This film showed that. great actiong by tommy lee jones. I lIked... Full review

When sportswriter Al Stump is contracted to write the autobiography of baseball player Ty Cobb, he believes he has it made. Cobb had a reputation as a mean player who is cruel, bigoted and monstrous. Al quickly learns that this... Full review

This film is one of my all time favorites. There are some things in the film that I am less than happy about, such as the attempted rape in the hotel room in Reno. I don't believe it actually happened.... Full review

I wonder if Al Stump ("Stumpy" to Cobb) realized what he was doing in telling this story, how much of himself and his own dilemma he was revealing. Frustrated because Cobb has final editorial approval of the biography in progress,... Full review

Shelton features some very simplistic analysis as he appears to pin most or all of Cobb's flaws on his parental interactions, with one negative event depicted the most prominently. Cobb comes across as less than the sum of its parts and presents a disappointment. ... Full Review

The majority of the flick appeared reasonably accurate and well defined. Packed with potential, Cobb collapses as a disappointment. A lot of Cobb feels basic and doesn't explore subjects well. The soundfield seemed acceptable for this kind of film ... Full Review

It's a toss-up whether a critic's hardest job is convincing people that a very popular movie isn't much good or that a picture that got the bum's rush is a great one. Stump is our stand-in, awed and disgusted by Cobb. ... Full Review

Shelton was candid about his hope for an Oscar berth. You'll love it or you'll hate it. Every first year film school student knows the protagonist needs a few redeeming qualities in order to be palatable to an audience. ... Full Review

Cobb is insistent that the book be a whitewash, that it portray the ballplayer But the new biographical film "Cobb," about baseball great Ty Cobb, is certainly engrossing - primarily due to a smashing lead performance by Tommy Lee Jones. ... Full Review

Edmonds Adams Johnson Whirley Whalon Bousquet Deane Cobb Kemp Allison Ortiz-Clark The champions from 33 school divisions will compete this month in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Regional Spelling Bee to determine who will represent the region in the Scripps National Spelling... ... Full Article

"Maybe it's because I've been that close to genius that I so respect it," says Al Stump of his association with Ty Cobb in Ron Shelton's brilliant but sadly overlooked new film, Cobb . ... Full Article

U.S. Distributor: Warner Brothers It's the nature of our society to put people on pedestals. Some wear the title of "hero" like a mantle; to others, it is an albatross. ... Full Article

From Amazon : Tyrus Raymond Cobb played baseball like a man charging a machine-gun nest. He gave no quarter, took no prisoners. And when his Hall of Fame career was over, Ty Cobb attacked life the same way. ... Full Article

From the Chicago Reader Writer-director Ron Shelton's fourth feature ( Bull Durham , Blaze , and White Men Can't Jump are the other three) is a shambles, but it's such a potent and courageous wreck of a movie that it's... ... Full Article

Plot A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is Review The average Brit may only have heard of baseball legend Ty Cobb via a throwaway remark ("Ty... ... Full Article