Written
October 6, 2012
Throwin' Heat
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This is a wonderful, heart-warming, heart-wrenching, choke back your tears family story. Against traditional practice, I'll name what was lacking: a more well-defined back-story as to why Eastwood and Adams's characters were estranged. It was there but, as much as it pains me to say it, I feel Clint dropped the directorial ball on that. As for everything else, it was fantastic. Solid acting from who you expect (Eastwood, Adams and John Goodman), great support roles from Robert Patrick and Matthew Lillard (yes, THAT Matthew Lillard) and, finally, a good movie and performance for my guy JT. Timberlake was believable and funny and I'm excited that he may be able to parlay this to more weighty roles. Outside of the acting, the story and atmosphere couldn't have been more enjoyable. I'm bias as an avid baseball fan but I simply loved watching this movie. Go and see it.
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4
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