The Final Season Release
Date:
October 12, 2007 Studio: Yari Film Group Director: David M. Evans Screenwriter: Art D'Alessandro Starring: Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachel Leigh Cook, Michael Angarano,
Tom Arnold Genre: Drama, Sports MPAA Rating: PG (for language, thematic elements and some teen smoking) Official Website:
FinalSeason.com
Plot Summary: In the small town of Norway, Iowa, everyone comes together
for high school baseball. But life throws curve balls; and the passionate young
players, rookie coach Kent Stock (Sean Astin), and the hometown fans find that
life's greatest challenges strike off the diamond. "The Final Season" is the
true story of a coach who inspired his team and brought hope to a town when they
needed it most.
EN 5 Second Review:
It's not a great movie, but we love a sports movie that
makes you feel satisfied, and this fits the bill.
As
refreshing and satisfying as a good, farmhouse-cooked meal. Paul Kosidowski: Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinal
Like the baseball team that inspired it, "The Final Season"
is the little sports movie that could...more
The
film's climactic baseball game does crackle with nail-biting
energy, but the 90-minute lead-up is full of hokey
sentiment and unearned gushiness Tasha Robinson: Chicago Tribune
Director David M. Evans opens "The Final Season" with a
warning shot across the bow: a sleepy montage of Iowa
cornfields, big blue Midwestern skies and would-be coach
Kent Stock ("Lord of the Rings" hobbit Sean Astin) beaming
at country kids practicing their back-yard baseball moves.
Viewers who don't flee the intrusively uplifting soundtrack
and choking sentiment get just what that opening promised...more
Release
Date:
October 12, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
It's not a great movie, but we love a sports movie that
makes you feel satisfied, and this fits the bill.
The
film's climactic baseball game does crackle with nail-