TelegraphThe trouble with baseball drama Trouble with the Curve, starring Clint Eastwood, is that it contains no curves and precious ...
The GuardianThis sentimental baseball movie is so formulaic that it looks as if it was written by a computer programme
The Christian Sciene MonitorIt’s one of the strangest careers in American film, and one far less predictable than the plot of “Trouble with the Curve.”
ReelViewsFollowing his starring role in 2008's Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood decided to step away from appearing in front of the camera...
The GuardianClint Eastwood has no trouble coming back in front of the camera as a prickly baseball scout in this father-daughter drama
Entertainment WeeklyClint Eastwood's conversation with his penis in the opening scene of Trouble With the Curve would be less newsworthy had the...
Chicago TribuneOf course the movie is sentimental. A fairy tale? Yes, it's that too. Satisfying? Yep.
Chicago Sun-TimesAny Eastwood film is notable above all for its professionalism. If the story here has certain foreseeable moments, that's no...
San Francisco ChronicleTrouble is second-rate Eastwood, existing in a parallel universe where the celebrity has been reduced to a Hallmark movie-of...
Entertainment WeeklyEven those who don't know a foul tip from a chicken wing will be able to spot the desperate plays.
Rolling StoneThe plot couldn't be more cornball. Still, there's no denying the connection Eastwood makes with Adams.
New York Daily NewsEastwood, well, is Eastwood. In filmmaking, at least, he's sure of what he's doing. As a director, he remains challenging; m...
The Boston GlobeIn one of the film's weirder moments, Lorenz uses a shot from Dirty Harry for a flashback sequence, and it's almost more res...
The New York TimesThe pat and occasionally preposterous story is really just a pretext, a serviceable scaffolding for a handful of expert, sat...
Los Angeles TimesThis amiable, old-fashioned film is no world-beater, but it underlines why, appearances with empty chairs excepted, it is al...
The Philadelphia InquirerThe good news is that this daddy/daughter reconciliation story connects with the ball. The not-so-good: It's a blooper.
USA TodayIts title notwithstanding, there's nothing that remotely approaches a narrative curve ball in this tired saga of an aging ba...
Washington PostWhat promised to be a modest, refreshingly unforced little comedy turns out to be low energy to a fault.
New York PostAt times, Trouble With the Curve is just as smart as Moneyball, which it all but challenges to a fight.
The New YorkerLorenz ... lays in everything methodically, fully, but without much invention or energy; you can imagine each plot developme...
IGN MoviesIt’s not an awful movie, but it is a pedestrian one with a rote screenplay and zero ambition. Like the cast, though, most vi...
JobloIn the end, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE is pretty predictable (one look at the humble peanut salesman with the golden arm promise...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Robert Lorenz
Writer: Randy Brown
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake
Release: September 21, 2012
Writer: Randy Brown
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake
Release: September 21, 2012
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