For Love of the Game
User Score
7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11

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  1. PaulM.
    Jun 22, 2004
    10
    I thought the movie was great and beautiful and heartfelt.

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Metascore
43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 31
  3. Negative: 8 out of 31
  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    30
    For the first 100 minutes or so I found this hokey but serviceable; after that my watch became more meaningful than anything I could locate on-screen.
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  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    This sentimental drama is wildly uneven as it switches between ballpark scenes, which are very involving, and romantic episodes, which are badly overplayed.
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  3. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Sean Means
    40
    Costner's serious-as-a-heart-attack performance...slowly kills the movie's energy in a gooey morass of forced sincerity.
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