TROUBLE WITH THE CURB

Plot:



Gus (Eastwood) is an aging pro baseball scouter with a deteriating eye desease that puts to question his continued ability to do his job. With 3 months remaining on his current contract, a young zealous executive name Phillip (Lillard) feels that computers finds the best recruits for the team, so he wants to put Gus out to pasture feeling his way of recruiting is dated. Given one last chance to prove his worth, he is sent to North Carolina to scout a hot shot batter for the potential 1st draft pick. But his best friend and co-worker Pete (Goodman) knows the deck is stacked against him so he pleads with Gus's daughter Mickey (Adams) to meet him there in hopes that she can help him out. Mickey an aspiring attorney caught up trying to make partner at her firm relunctantly agrees to help her father hoping to get a chance to get closure to why he has been so distant from her for so many years.While there, the father/ daughter duo encounter Johnny (Timberlake) another scout there to check out the same talent but is also keeping a sharp eye out for Mickey/


Reel Talk:


Remember seeing Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry as a grumpy man, well in this film you get to see him as Old Grumpy Dirty Harry...lol. Being an old grumpy man seems to be a role fit for him as he plays the stubborn and stern Gus. This is a charming and delightful but very predictable movie that you will enjoy. With an all star cast that ranges from various ages and talents, they all contribute to this movie at some point. You will also catch Eastwood's son Scott in it as young pro baseballer Billy Clark. Not a great movie but an enjoyable one worth checking out.

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy adams, John Goodman, Robert Patrick, Matthew Lillard, Justin Timberlake and Scott Eastwood
Directed by: Robert Lorenz
Rated: PG-13

I give it 3 corn dogs.

By: Corn Dog - The Reel Hustler