A baseball player nearly gets hit in the groin with a baseball pitched at him, jumping back just in time. An overweight pitcher high school baseball player shouts at another player and threatens to beat the second boy for calling him "Bacon Boy. A friend goes to an elderly man's house and asks about the mess furniture toppled over, smoke, etc. Throughout the film, an adult daughter and her elderly father argue about their careers, health and what might be best for either of them at their stages of life; the daughter often cries and leaves the room.
An older man and his bosses at a baseball club argue about whether computers are useful in scouting high school ball players for the major leagues; the older man refuses to use a computer, cursing about the uselessness of technology. A man in a car in a parking lot and a woman argue about him losing his job and he drives away erratically as she stands in the lot. An elderly man in a diner pounds his table angrily with his fist, because no one will bring him his bill.
We hear that another baseball player tore his rotator cuff and can no longer pitch, because the ball club pushed his development too fast. An elderly man tells his daughter that the police never came to arrest him one night after he beat a man, but that he cannot forget the incident.
Phil, bootlicker, back stabber, cold blooded, coward, washed up, old man , 16 stereotypical references to women, men, senior citizens, fat people, high school boys, Hispanics, Blacks, the computer illiterate, computer geeks, doctors, lawyers , 14 religious profanities, 8 religious exclamations.
SUBSTANCE USE - A man at a ballgame drinks beer in a translucent cup as he stands to yell at the players, a man drinks beer while talking to a headstone at a cemetery and pours some beer into a glass sitting at the foot of the grave, men and woman drink beer from large glasses and beer bottles at a bar, a man and a woman play a drinking game and consume shots of whiskey they do not appear to become drunk , a man quips to a woman that, "You're trying to get me drunk," a man tells a male friend that he does not want to drink "little umbrella drinks" or retire and the friend says he will buy the first man a drink he will like, we see men and women drink wine in two restaurant scenes and one home scene, a woman drinks from a whiskey bottle and passes it to a man who also drinks from it, and a man sits alone with a martini at a hotel bar.
A man smokes five cigars in separate indoor and outdoor scenes, and a man smokes a cigarette outdoors once. Based on 7 reviews. Get it now Searching for streaming and purchasing options Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Your purchase helps us remain independent and ad-free. Get it now on Searching for streaming and purchasing options X of Y Official trailer.
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Amy Adams, and Clint Eastwood star in this wonderful uplifting drama. Teen, 16 years old Written by Javier Noyola February 18, Kid, 12 years old August 6, What's the story? Is it any good? Talk to your kids about Is Gus a good father? Our editors recommend. Field of Dreams. Baseball crowd pleaser with a supernatural twist.
For Love of the Game. Violence: A possibly drunk man is threatened with a broken bear bottle after he tries to persuade a woman to dance with him.
A character beats and tries to strangle a man. A woman warns a man by holding a pool cue to his crotch. Sexual violence is alluded to. Car accidents cause property damage and minor personal injury. Sexual Content: Young adults exchange insults that include sexual banter and rude slang terms. A couple strip down to their underwear and go swimming. A couple kisses passionately. Some innuendo and crude references are heard. A man is seen from behind while he is urinating.
Language: A sexual expletive and a rude hand gesture are used. The script contains pervasive mild to moderate profanities, along with terms of Deity used as expletives. Drugs and Alcohol: A man smokes a cigar throughout the entire film. Characters drink at bars and when facing disappointments. Although a lot of alcohol is consumed, little drunkenness is depicted. Would a younger man be as sympathetic to the issues of old age? What other special interest groups get special attention in this movie?
How can the events of childhood continue with a person into their old age? What can parents do to lessen the baggage their children carry? What responsibilities do children have in building better relationships with their parents?
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