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Curve throws a strike, thanks to its stars
Eastwood, Adams, Timberlake shine in a date movie with baseball theme
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Clint Eastwood, right, and Amy Adams star in a scene from "Trouble with the Curve," filmed at Turner Field in Atlanta. The film, about an aging and ailing baseball scout, will be released Sept. 21. - photo by Keith Bernstein
It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to say this: the new Clint Eastwood film is a great date movie. “Trouble with the Curve” comes billed as a sports movie, but baseball serves merely as a backdrop and a source of conflict for two intertwined stories, one about a father and daughter bonding and the other about two opposites falling in love. The movie is formulaic and offers nothing new, but the story is told capably and the actors give strong performances.