Bull Durham

Pros: great story, great acting, funny, about my favorite sport
Cons: sex scenes make it not for kids

I don't know of anyone who has a true love of baseball that doesn't love this movie. In my opinion, it's the best movie ever made about the sport. Ron Shelton is the writer and director of this romantic comedy centering around the Durham Bulls minor ...

Pros: Superb story offering something for everyone and a great cast...
Cons: ...highlight a film with only minor, "nitpicking" flaws. A great one.

Of all Ron Shelton's sports movies, and there have been many, perhaps he peaked with 1988’s Bull Durham at the start of his career. As with all successful sports movie, Bull Durham captures the essence of the sport while developing ...

Pros: Thoroughly entertaining, very believable and somewhat authentic sports comedy.
Cons: One! Where was Annie Savoy when I played in the minors?

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Pros: Nobody has ever blended baseball & romance like Kevin Costner. Sarandon Sizzles.
Cons: None, unless you hate baseball and/or sex!

As pitchers & catchers begin to trickle into Florida & Arizona; the first real sign that winter is giving way to spring; hope itself springs eternal for every Major League Baseball team, from the mighty New York Yankees & ...

Pros: True baseball moments, great story and acting
Cons: Can get a bit cheesy at times, but is good at heart

Last weekend, I made the mistake of watching For Love of the Game, a baseball film starring Kevin Costner. Since that has become a genre unto itself, the opportunity to borrow Bull Durham from my brother seemed worth exploring. (The fact...

Pros: True to life baseball moments, outstanding acting, excellent dialogue, captures baseball's spirit
Cons: less interesting for non baseball fans, predictable plot, some offensive language

Walk into one of baseball's cathedrals like Wrigley Field or Fenway Park and breathe the air. There's something beyond the smell of the infield grass, the beer, and the peanuts. For most baseball fans it's a time machine back to the more innocent days...

Pros: Well written, funny, yet full of a deeper meaning.
Cons: Outside the three stars the cast isnt that great.

I watched Bull Durham for the first time years ago and I have never forgotten it. This movie has something for everyone and it will keep you coming back to see it time and again.

Dont fall under the misconception that this is simply a...

Pros: Sarandon, Robbins and Costner
Cons: Supporting cast, music, sets, wardrobe, poor subplot development

In Durham, North Carolina, the minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls, are having a horrible season. However, things may be looking up for the team as they have signed a promising rookie pitcher, "Ebby Calvin LaLoosh (Tim Robbins).The team ...

Pros: Best baseball movie of all time
Cons: None

I love baseball. I am not a stats freak, although I do participate in fantasy baseball leagues. I am not a player, although I love to get into a pickup game whenever possible. I am not a historian, although I am slowly learning the history of this great...

Pros: A Grand Slam of a Film. Funny, Well paced story. Authentic
Cons: A Sequel is in Order!

Everyonce in awhile when I'm in the need for an enjoyable movie that will just make me feel very sublime I'll pop Bull Durham into the VCR.

The film has a solid trio of lead actors in Kevin Costner playing the role of Crash Davis an aging...

Pros: Good comedic and dramatic moments, intriguing premise
Cons: Flawed, not entirely entertaining

"Baseball is my religion," Susan Sarandon announces at the beginning of Bull Durham. And apparently, her form of communion is torrid sex with one minor league baseball player a year. The movie follows the minor league Durham Bulls (whoever...

Pros: Witty screenplay, great acting, smoldering sex scenes.
Cons: Not one single thing.

Who'd have believed that baseball (one of the most boring sports to watch, topped only by golf) could be funny or sexy but, BULL DURHAM pulls it off, hitting a cinematic home run – the first for a film about the national pastime. Though the film is...

Pros: Funny; Romantic; Attractive People
Cons: It drags a little in some places

Bull Durham is one of my favorite Kevin Costner movies, rivaled only by his stellar performance in Dances With Wolves. Kevin has a knack for making his characters come to life, leaving one with a feeling of having actually met the person he's portraying....

Pros: Baseball scenes, realistic, and smart.
Cons: Sometimes it is too smart for the room, and below-average acting at points.

One of the few remaining innocents in this world remains Minor League Baseball. Teams full of twenty-something year old kids getting paid to play baseball. It is a perfect life from all outward appearances. Bull Durham tries to give the viewer some ...

Pros: humor, romance, great lines
Cons: language may offend some

At the closing of the movie, Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon) quotes a famous poet. "Walt Whitman once said, 'I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us.' You could look it...