Overall, I was incredibly pleased with this. He portrays all of the character traits with such versatility and charisma. His performance in The Tree of Life is already among his finest work, and now this joins it as well. The other big driving factor is Brad Pitt, who has had an incredible year. The dialogue is brilliant of course, and the lack of 'field' action makes it even more involving so when the important ball scene comes along it makes an impact. However, Sorkin, as well as the director, always keeps things refreshing and interesting without becoming repetitive and stale. Sure, one can't seem to hope for an 'experimental' sports film, since this is based on a true story. What also helps is the lack of predictability. It's his wonderful script that gives the film the energy. The film is always intriguing, and Aaron Sorkin (whose screenplay for The Social Network was last year's best) is to be congratulated for this. Moneyball can now join them and is among the best films of the year. However, one cannot deny the impact that some have, like for example in recent years The Fighter and Aronofsky's The Wrestler. Not a huge fan of them, and don't see them much because of the predictability of them.
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