Suffice to say, this is a simple 'Doc Hollywood' style movie about a major league baseball star coming back to his hometown to make amends for his errant ways by coaching the local little league team. His addiction to alcohol, anger management issues and lack of responsibility make him virtually unemployable...so far, so predictable.
But, I have no problem with a simple movie about a guy making amends and I was happy to be wafted along the easy path of him falling in love with his childhood sweetheart, small town charm and coaching kids. I would have been happy to see him, maybe, rediscover his baseball through coaching and then following a proper AA program and getting clean. I don't mind a bit of honest predictability.
What I do object to is this, essentially, being a Christian propaganda film about how discovering Jesus can solve all your problems. You don't need a God, or even a belief system, to follow AA. Jesus will not help with his anger...or his doucebag-ness. In the end I gave up. This film is rubbish. Which is a shame as some of the (adult) actors are pretty good. It's well shot and lit. But this is a religious pamphlet masquerading as a movie. AVOID,
But, I have no problem with a simple movie about a guy making amends and I was happy to be wafted along the easy path of him falling in love with his childhood sweetheart, small town charm and coaching kids. I would have been happy to see him, maybe, rediscover his baseball through coaching and then following a proper AA program and getting clean. I don't mind a bit of honest predictability.
What I do object to is this, essentially, being a Christian propaganda film about how discovering Jesus can solve all your problems. You don't need a God, or even a belief system, to follow AA. Jesus will not help with his anger...or his doucebag-ness. In the end I gave up. This film is rubbish. Which is a shame as some of the (adult) actors are pretty good. It's well shot and lit. But this is a religious pamphlet masquerading as a movie. AVOID,