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For Love of the Game (1999)

From Amazon: Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is having a bad day. His girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston, stunning as ever) says she's leaving, and his boss (Brian Cox) says he's selling the business and ace employee Billy may be out of job. Sounds like business as usual for an old-fashioned veteran. However, the business is baseball and for Billy Chapel, the 40-year old former all-star for the Detroit Tigers, it means his career--and his life--is at a crossroads. Although it is no Bull Durham, For Love of the Game finds a solid and very believable role for Costner. The film is based on Michael Shaara's (The Killer Angels)...

Directed By:

Sam Raimi

Written By:

Dana Stevens

Starring:

	Michael Papajohn
	Kevin Costner
	Kelly Preston
	John C. Reilly
	Jena Malone
	Brian Cox
	J.K. Simmons
	Carmine D. Giovinazzo
	Hugh Ross
	Bill Rogers
	Vin Scully
	Steve Lyons

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For Love of the Game Movie Review by Terrence (5/11/2007)

Kevin Costner seems to round out his unofficial triology of baseball films with "For the Love of the Game".

Kevin Costner plays Bill Chapel who at the start of the film is probably playing in his last game. The rest of the movie that follows is either a flashback between things that have happened in his relationship with...

(complete For Love of the Game review by Terrence)