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  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • The Only Real Game Movie
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • The Only Real Game Movie
  • 1 h 22 m

Summary The Only Real Game explores the power of baseball for people in a troubled, distant place. The small, once princely state of Manipur joined the Indian Union under pressure in 1949 triggering a corrosive separatist conflict that continues to this day. With paltry infrastructure, widespread corruption and unemployment - it's an astonishing...

  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • The Only Real Game Movie
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • The Only Real Game Movie
  • 1 h 22 m

The Only Real Game

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Only Real Game explores the power of baseball for people in a troubled, distant place. The small, once princely state of Manipur joined the Indian Union under pressure in 1949 triggering a corrosive separatist conflict that continues to this day. With paltry infrastructure, widespread corruption and unemployment - it's an astonishing...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
69
67% Positive
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Jun 19, 2014
Banks allows the exhilaration of the game and the exigencies of realpolitik to determine the ups and downs of her film’s sentimental journey.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 3, 2014
This film is like another work in the canon of baseball poetry.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 19, 2014
A stirring ode to cultural bridge-building.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 5, 2014
The history lesson is fascinating, and it’s nice to see an American export other than a Hollywood blockbuster engendering good will.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 26, 2014
The movie doesn't really focus on many individuals long enough to make them compelling screen characters.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 6, 2014
In spite of the compelling raw material in the lives of its ostensible subjects, it strikes out as an act of storytelling.
By Barbara VanDenburgh FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fork Films
Release Date Mar 7, 2014
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline Can Major League dreams defy Martial Law?
Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Only-Real-Game/141790055980724?fref=ts
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Awards

New York Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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