Great performances......fun characters.....unique story....i loved it!
Added 2/11/2009
I really got into this little (and with a budget of a half maillion I mean little) movie..and was locked in for the very brief 80+ minute ride. The acting is excellent...and I really felt every character. It has nothing in common with the big budget CGI films dominating the DVD racks but more in common with something like "Doubt" ..a small group of characters who the viewer becomes emotionally attached to very quickly and enter their world. The story may be a bit more effective on people like myself who are sports fans and a bit lost on those who aren't but they can perhaps enjoy the theatre angle a bit more than I did. The movie features some very big name stars in small roles and it certainly doesn't LOOK cheap....very beautifully lit and photographed....just a little gem of a film I felt lucky to see and it made me think about it for the whole day after I saw it. Michael Keaton was just brilliant.
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Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr. - Need Another Reason to Watch?
Added 11/26/2008
My interest in this movie was not box office popularity or the sports theme - it was about the actors Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr. They did not disappoint - and this movie ended up being one of those hidden movie gems that introduce deeper thought than the sacrificial Game 6 sports drama of the Boston Red Sox.
Keaton and Downey Jr. are at the top of their game, as well as the writer with his intelligent use of metaphor's to portray parallels between the Red Sox losing legacy and situations in each of the actors characters lives.
Great acting (classic Michael Keaton / Robert Downey Jr.), and an intelligent and suspenseful, well written plot.
An entertaining and Intelligent movie!
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Baseball Game and Life (or Something Like That): See for the Fine Acting from the Cast
Added 1/13/2008
The title "Game 6" refers to the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. Yes, you remember Boston Red Sox and first baseman Bill Buckner. But the film itself is not about him and his legs; it's about New York playwright Nicky Rogan played by Michael Keaton and a string of the events that happen on the day (also the day of the sixth World Series game) when his latest play opens. Some films are sometimes called "character study" and here is a film that perfectly describes its nature. It's less about the story surrounding him than his personal life and struggle.
I said we follow the events that take place on the day of the Game 6, but actually the film frequently takes us back to the past of Nicky by introducing some supporting characters on his way to the theater or somewhere else - his daughter Laurel (Ari Graynor), his wife Lilian (Catherine O'Hara) and so on - and thus we come to know Nicky Rogan as a person. It's the opening night for his new film and he looks very worried, especially when he is told by his old friend and playwright Elliott Litvak (Griffin Dunne) about the hated and vitriolic drama critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) whose harsh criticism, he says, virtually ruined his career. But of course, we and Nicky are to meet Elliott later, who turns out someone different.
Director Michael Hoffman ("One Fine Day" "The Emperor's Club") uses a cerebral approach in dealing with the characters' situations. You will notice the metaphors and patterns employed here: some things constantly stop; some things (or people) are not what they seem; and unexpected things happen when they shouldn't happen, just like the baseball game of the film's title. The film's screenplay is written by novelist/playwright Don Dolillo which may explain the slightly wordy nature of the film.
Ultimately this is a film made for actors and dialogues. Acting is all great. Michael Keaton plays the character with depth, something most of his recent films seldom allowed him to show. But for those who want the movie to further the story and move on - and I am one of them - watching "Game 6" would be a bit painful experience.
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A+++ service, thanks. Got here immediately, it seemed.
Added 12/2/2007
Service was perfect, thanks. Item arrived quicker than I expected, and in great condition.
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If you've read Don DeLillo, you know what to expect
Added 5/28/2007
Although Ebert & Roeper give the film "Two Thumbs Way Up" and Roeper seems to think that Keaton turns in "the first nomination worthy performance of 2006", Game 6 is slow, and rather boring for the majority of the film. And that's saying a lot when the film is only around 80 minutes long, apparently 87 if you believe the box.
The acting is all solid. Keaton does turn in a solid performance, as does everyone else, most notably Robert Downey Jr. as an infamously negative and destructive theatre critic and Catherine O'Hara as Keaton's soon-to-be-ex-wife. The problem is the production value of the film... and the script. When you only have $500,000 to work with and you're filming in Manhattan, not much can be expected of your production value (though the director and cinematographer did opt for 16mm film instead of going for digital, good call). As for the script...
Don DeLillo's Game 6 has been sitting around Paramount going unmade for almost 15 years now. After seeing the movie, it's clear that there's a reason why. It seems loosely based on the book Cosmopolis, or maybe it's the other way around since Cosmopolis only came out a few years ago. Replace a high-powered executive with a high-profile playwright and you've got almost the same story: a man's world seems to be falling down around him as he rides in various unmoving taxi cabs all day, stopping to see his daughter, his mistress, his wife, and get a haircut. Game 6, however, is set in 1986 on the day of the sixth game of the World Series between the Red Sox and the Mets.
Many of the scenes in Game 6 are almost exactly the same dialogue as Cosmopolis, which is off-putting considering they're different stories and no mention of the novel is made anywhere. The dialogue is distinctly DeLillo with people often repeating a phrase several times, or giving a monologue out of left field as if it actually applies to the situation at hand.
What makes this movie bearable, and actually almost enjoyable, is watching Michael Keaton do his best to navigate the scenery and the script, and knowing that he's doing it out of passion for the story, and not for money, regardless of whether the story itself seems deserving of said pasion.
By the end, the film seems to get a firm grasp of where it's going and how it's getting there, and almost manages to pull the viewer along. It's up to you to decide whether or not you want to go.
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