Hard Ball

This is great fun for the whole family that may be Baseball's version of the Might Ducks, with a really good story and excellent performances!. All the characters are cool, and extremely likable, and I thought all the kids on... Full review

I liked this movie.Yes,its about a baseball little league,yes it has the usual "lets be a team and win" attitude,but its very well acted by these kids and the dialog sounds real,also its not concentrated only on the kids.Its more... Full review

I want to start by saying that this movie was actually a pleasant surprise. Knowing that this was a movie based on a true story, made with Keanu Reeves and a lot of kid-actors in it, I honestly feared the... Full review

It never ceases to amaze me how people can have such widely differing *strong* reactions to a film. A number of negative reviews here, but let me add one more positive.I loved this film, from beginning to end. I loved... Full review

When I first saw this movie, I watched it with my daughter who was 10 years old at the time. The language was kind of edgy but not too serious. I'm sure she hears worst from her friends at school... Full review

In spite of its rather predictable set up Hardball is remarkably effective. It's a terrific example of a mainstream film that squeezes itself sufficiently out of the comfort zone to be both thought provoking and moving without too often lapsing... Full review

Due to alot of negative reviews on this site I did not expect the movie to be as good as it was. However after watching it this evening I was delighted by the entire experience. While I agree that it... Full review

This is a stressful movie, with the gambling addiction and the gambling machine on one hand, and street gangs on the other. I really like the kids and think Keanu Reeves plays it straight with them. New York Times and... Full review

this movie was good. the little kids were funny, keanu reeves was pretty cool. i also saw on the news the night before i went to go see this movie that there was some big black guy whining about the... Full review

This film portrays the life of a group of boys who play one summer on a baseball league organized in the projects in Chicago. With out flinching an iota in portraying the material decay and the real fear of violence... Full review

t's statistically proven that extra-curricular activities deter the ghetto child from ghetto banging, a theory that Hard Ball doesn't so much support than fascinatingly confuse. ... Full Article

dir Adrian Lyne scr Alvin Sargent, William Broyles Jr with Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan, Kate Burton, Zeljko Ivanek, Margaret Colin, Dominic Chianese, Chad Lowe, Gary Basaraba, Erich Anderson, Michelle Monaghan release US 10.May.02; UK 7.Jun.02... ... Full Article