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Actors: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hardball |
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A down-on-his luck gambler is heavily in debt to two different people. Looking for money, he decides to coach an inner-city baseball team. As soon as he gets the debt paid off he decides to quit, but then realizes that these kids need him and stays, and together they try to make it to the championship.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Hardball |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of sports story:
- baseball
Sports story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- gambler
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
- Chicago
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Rap/hip-hop
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