Game 6
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: March 10, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It's an inside-the-park home run -- a small, lovingly overwritten comic drama about fate, failure, and primal longing. To put it in words a Sox fan would understand, the movie hurts good. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is DeLillo's first produced screenplay, but he has written for the stage, and perhaps his portrait of Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.), the detested critic, is drawn from life. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleLeba Hertz
A quirky little comedy about one day in the life of a New York playwright on the brink of either greatness or failure. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A modest but agreeable, and often very funny, movie. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyJames C. Taylor
For viewers counting the minutes until opening day, Game 6 provides a quirky cinematic alternative to next week's "Benchwarmers." Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Small and intimate, Game 6 is a meditation on American theater and the Great American Pastime that hovers above the surface of reality but never quite takes off, either. Read full review
70
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Keaton's so good you almost forget how wonderful Downey is as Steven Schwimmer. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Hoffman makes impressive use of his low budget, thanks to a talented cast, an atmospheric soundtrack by Yo La Tengo, and the general feeling of confidence that a veteran director can bring to a project. But too much of Game 6 is designed to seem deeper than it really is. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
The film is meandering and highly uneven, but Robert Downey Jr. is truly oddball as a venomous drama critic, and watching that ball once again roll through Bill Buckner's legs is torture (for Red Sox fans anyway). Read full review
63
PremiereGlenn Kenny
All this stuff is enacted by a better-than-reliable cast (Griffin Dunne, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine O'Hara, Roger Rees, and more), so Game 6 is never a bore. But it's not much more besides never a bore. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
There are funny bits strewn throughout Game 6, and it's good to see Keaton in a meaty, nonshowy role for a change. He has the chops when he's not mugging. Read full review
60
Village VoiceEd Park
Despite a late-inning swoon of pat emotional generosity, Game Six is a gratifying playground of high-wire language. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg
It attempts to walk the fine line between despair and comedy, reality and imagination, and often succeeds. For audiences prepared to take the leap of faith and accept the unusual tone of the film, Game 6 should be a winner. Others may wonder what the fuss is about. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
A tale of one man's meltdown that ought to have an expiration date of Oct. 27, 2004, stamped on every frame. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
The movie includes a recurring motif of immigrant taxi drivers - like them, the movie is constantly going around in circles. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Game 6 is ultimately a curious dud. Read full review
40
Film ThreatJeremy Mathews
Fails to make use of its clever dialogue and concepts as it attempts to become something more profound. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
Game 6, the first screenplay by one of America's great living novelists, Don DeLillo, is poorly served by Michael Hoffman's flat, soporific direction. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though Keaton is convincing as a smarmy narcissist who secretly thinks he deserves to fail because writing plays isn't REAL work, he's also thoroughly unlikable -- a problematic trait in a protagonist. Read full review
30
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
DeLillo felt he needed a plot, and he invented one that is shockingly bad for a novelist of his accomplishment. It isn't the use of a plot that degrades the picture: it is the degrading plot itself--which isn't even a good cartoon of a too-busy plot. Read full review
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