This week I went to see a screening of MoneyBall starting Brad Pitt.  I wanted this to be the movie where I understood the hype behind Brad Pitt.  Why everyone goes gaga over him.  It was not.  I don’t think Pitt is a bad actor,  I think he is a great actor but he is not my type.  That being said.

The Money ball was a good movie 3 ½ stars.  It was based loosely on baseball’s Okland A’s  and there 2002-2003 season.  The story was an MLB team and how on a little budget then rose to success.  Brad Pitt was very good in the role playing fast talking quick witted  Billy Bean the A’ player  turned general manger.  Pits performance was what you would expect from a well written baseball movie.  It was not a role that stretched Brad Pitt as an actor there was parts we he got use his sarcastic humor which he was very entertaining .

I thought  Jonah Miller  was excellent as Peter Brant the brain child behind the players picked for the A’s .   I found Jonah to be a fun character not fitting in to the world but making it work.  He was the perfect fit for the role.   Miller and Pitt had excellent  guy chemistry.

I thought Moneyball was a good movie.  I would spend the $11 for a ticket plus the cost of a sitter on a date night.  Because it does appeal  with the baseball  aspect and the relationship between characters.  I will tell you I have seen this story before  not the exact story but similar, played by a different actor with a name that sounds like Nevin OddStir.

It is an underdog story and who does not love an good underdog story?

Disclosure:  I did receive the tickets for this screening for free, the opinions in this post are my own.