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Fastpitch

EMAILPRINTArtistic License Films

Fastpitch reviews
67
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Based on 6 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by: Fred Kaufman
Jeremy Spear
Juliet Weber

Directed by: Jeremy Spear
Juliet Weber

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 25, 2000
DVD: June 26, 2001

Running Time: 88 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not rated

Starring Ken Billingley, Tony Hunhoff, Shane Hunuhunu, Lila Leiter, Jeremy Spear, and Darren Zack

This look at the world of fastpitch softball details vanishing Americana, the line between hobby and obsession, and a pride in identity that transcends racial or regional affiliation. (Artistic License Films)

What The Critics Said

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78

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

It's such high sports drama you'd swear this documentary is fiction.

75

New York Post Hannah Brown

Has an unusual intimacy and lack of condescension.

70

The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder

Intelligent, insightful, touching.

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70

TV Guide Ken Fox

Marvelously entertaining.

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60

Chicago Reader Fred Camper

An engaging look at what baseball might have been like in the era before big money, with players who love the game struggling to survive.

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60

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

Spear's portrait of unpaid, passionate fastpitchers could give filmmakers of all budgets a notion of how real Americans speak.

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What Our Users Said

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