Trouble with the Curve

Trouble with the Curve 2012

7.2/10

NETFLIX Rating : 3.8

IMDB Rating : 6.8

FD Smart Rating : 7.2

Synopsis : Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career.

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Antarctica , Aruba , Belize , Bolivia , Chile , Christmas Island , Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Colombia , Cook Islands , Costa Rica , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guatemala , Heard Island and McDonald Islands , Honduras , New Zealand , Nicaragua , Niue , Norfolk Island , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Puerto Rico , Tokelau , Trinidad and Tobago , United States , Uruguay , Venezuela , Belgium , France , Greece , Netherlands , South Africa , Switzerland , Vietnam

Directors:

Robert Lorenz

Actors:

Clint Eastwood , Joe Massingill , John Goodman , Matt Bush , Justin Timberlake , Scott Eastwood , Robert Patrick , Chelcie Ross , Matthew Lillard , Amy Adams , Raymond Anthony Thomas , Ed Lauter

Creators:

Randy Brown

Languages:

English , English [Original] , Spanish , French

Subtitles:

English , Spanish , Dutch , French

Genres:

Drama, Sport

Release Date:

2012

Run Time:

1h51m

Maturity Rating:

Recommended for ages 13 and up

Gus is a baseball scout. The team he works for thinks he should retire. He asks them to let him do one more scouting job to prove himself. His friend, Pete, asks Gus's estranged daughter, Mickey, if she could go with him to make sure he's OK as his eyes are failing. The doctor tells Gus he should get his eyes treated but he insists on doing his scouting assignment, which takes him to North Carolina. Mickey decides to put her work on hold to go with him and she wants him to explain why he pushed her away. Whilst there he runs into Johnny, a scout from another team who was a promising player Gus once scouted. Johnny and Mickey take an interest in each other.

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