Review of Eight Men Out (1988) by John L — 14 Sep 2009
Eight Men Out, is a film about how the Black Sox players deliberately loss the 1919 world series by being bride to throw it. The players, who are quite talented and under paid, decide to take a deal from some gamblers, to lose on purpose.
Essentially, the players are having a dispute with there cheap skate owner, Charles Comiskey, and among themselves. The way the film was presented was quite detailed. The sets and the clothing for the era are portrayed quite well done.
The way the film show baseball being played was quite realistic. Some of the plays that were thrown, showed with depth, demonstrates how it was not a easy task to do. The film had a great cast that represented their roles honestly and realistically.
What it does a good job is showing on how the players had solid reasons for doing it, and the idea of who is good guys and bad guys is not so clear. In other words, no one is really that innocent in this case.
The direction and writing by John Sayles is quite uniquely distinctive and well put together. Eight Men Out, is a sports drama that's uniquely made, and worth to watch.
This review of Eight Men Out (1988) was written by John L on 14 Sep 2009.
Eight Men Out has generally received positive reviews.
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