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By Smiyamot (258) on 30 Aug 2016

An interesting story line about what goes wrong with the psyche of an athlete…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 24 Aug 2016

There is a stronger, deeper, fuller motion picture to be made from this material. Earnest though it is, this one is decidedly far from phenomenal…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 30 Jul 2016

The mental side of baseball might be critical to winning, but it's not all that exciting to watch…

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By Ryan H (2,006) on 18 Jul 2016

To me the movie played as a political allegory. The superstar baseball player is the embodiment of the American Dream…

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By Bartley K (28) on 18 Jul 2016

To me the movie played as a political allegory. The superstar baseball player is the embodiment of the American Dream…

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By Bryan U (5) on 12 Jul 2016

Misadvertised as mainstream indie baseball movie(Whiplash meets Good Will Hunting.) It is not. It is a very strange and powerful movie…

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By Elias Savada (386) for Film International (130) on 10 Jul 2016

As sports-centric films go, those folks looking for cheering crowds on a mild summer's night won't find much joy in The Phenom's mudville…

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By Alfin N (428) on 07 Jul 2016

Buschel is ahead of his time. Missing Person took the drunk detective movie into uniquely emotional territory…

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By Logan M (1,902) on 06 Jul 2016

The Phenom takes an ambitious swing at the worn out sports genre, and creates something entirely new in the form of a dense character study…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Cinema-stache (41) on 06 Jul 2016

A cold, hard look at how the scars of our youth follow us into adulthood and what attempting to make peace with one's demons actually feels like…

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By Jeffrey Lyles (696) for Lyles' Movie Files (591) on 04 Jul 2016

Too methodically-paced with little payoff The Phenom is like a flamed out prospect that can't make use of its potential…

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By Jordan R. M (69) on 01 Jul 2016

The cast is perfect, the idea is perfect, but the execution is just off. Simmons is great and Hawke is just beyond amazing…

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By Michael S (3,461) on 30 Jun 2016

From the preview, I was expecting a father son film in which the son overcomes an abusive relationship to become a great pitcher…

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By Jeff S (1,369) on 30 Jun 2016

Een sport-variant op de film Ordinary People kan dit wel genoemd worden, waar het beschadigde leven van een jonge tiener uitgroeit tot een…

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By Mark Abraham (7) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 30 Jun 2016

The Phenom has some good scenes and performances, but there are too many annoying things and too little point…

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By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 30 Jun 2016

Simmons is generally convincing but it's difficult for him to combine this with holding centre stage, especially in scenes alongside Ethan…

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By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 30 Jun 2016

This love me daddy baseball pic that earns points for spending less than 5 percent of its time on the diamond and refusing to end in open competition...so…

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By Bill Newcott (157) for AARP Movies for Grownups (302) on 30 Jun 2016

The cast is...perfect, especially Giamatti, whose soothing tones and reassuring demeanor nevertheless hint at closely held heartbreak…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for The Newnan Times-Herald (58) on 30 Jun 2016

Expertly lensed, tautly directed (by writer Noah Buschel), and peerlessly acted, The Phenom requires patience, but the reward is there…

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By Vic S (47) on 29 Jun 2016

Johnny Simmons delivers on par with Giamatti and Hawke, who are at the top of their game inhabiting character and delivering dialogue that…

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