Fastball
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: March 25, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Seattle TimesTom KeoghMar 24, 2016
Hock handles that perennial sports question — what is the athletic limit of a human? — with interesting sidebars about the brain and physics. Such mysteries mingle with irresistible lore in this satisfying work. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMar 25, 2016
The sunniness of Fastball leaves out a lot, but watching it can be as pleasurable as an afternoon at the ballpark. Read full review
80
VarietyNick SchagerMar 24, 2016
A film that captures the underlying essence of baseball at the beginning of the 21st century: both humbly wistful and progressively cutting-edge. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMar 24, 2016
You don't have to be a baseball fanatic or for that matter a historian or a physicist to appreciate Fastball. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 24, 2016
This appealing documentary makes you understand why aficionados regard baseball as a form of poetry. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 24, 2016
It’s a fun film, not quite as lighthearted as the similar “Knuckleball” documentary of a short while back, but amusing enough. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 25, 2016
It’s never dull. Without destroying the sheer poetry of the matchup between the pitcher’s mound and home plate, Hock explains it all, and in the process pays tribute to the extraordinary speed factor of a game that has been damned for its slowness. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 24, 2016
A fascinating and downright lovable documentary. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael NordineMar 22, 2016
You wouldn't lose anything watching Fastball on ESPN rather than in the movie theater, but it does stand as further testament to baseball's status as our most chess-like sport, and one that, even when broken down to its tiniest component parts, never loses its magic. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonMar 24, 2016
For baseball fans, it delivers the high heat. For the non-fan, there may be a little too much inside baseball. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsChris EriksonMar 23, 2016
There’s nothing here that wouldn’t have fit comfortably into an hour-long TV special, and it starts to drag after a while. Read full review
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