Trouble with The Curve

This is another one of those personal sports-centered movies where aging but experienced actors, such as Clint Eastwood, fit perfectly well.
The story is about a baseball scout called Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) who still has great skills to discover talent when he sees him and that is the problem: his eyesight is failing and he does not want anyone to know since he still canuse his other senses to help him out. Eventually his frind and boss (John Goodman) and his daughter, Mickey, (Amy Adams) find out about his problem so  Mickey decides to aid her father in his job and find a new baseball star together. 
Ever since her mother´s death, Mickey has had a strained relationship with Gus because she felt he wanted her away from him. Still she loves her father and also loves baseball though she is pursuing a career as a lawyer. Gus has a secret that won´t reveal to his daughter until later on  in the movie. The experience of helping Gus will also help Mickey to put her own life in perspective and decide what she really wants to do. Also she will find a love interest in Johnny Flanagan (Justin Timberlake), a man who like Gus is a baseball scout and feels he owes Gus because it was him who discovered him when he was a baseball player.
This film is interesting for the mixing  of veteran actors and rising stars in the cast. Also the story is far from boring perhaps due to this fascination Americans feel for baseball, a fascination that it may be well founded because of the many intrincacies this game has, intrincacies that usually go unperceived by the untrained eye. Though it is in part predictable Trouble with the Curve does not shy away from exploring the conflicts between parents and children portrayed here by the grumpy-looking Eastwood and the always sweet Adams. It is also a quick glance into one of the greatest American traditions and hos that can change many people's lives.
It is not a family movie but there is no sex and violence in it (only some foul language). It is slow at times but still it manages to entertain so if you just want to have some relax in front of the TV on a Sunday afternoon this is the movie for you.
Three stars out of five for this one.

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