5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
For Love of the Game (1999)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Overview
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
5.5
Overview
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central themes of personal dedication, love, and the challenges of aging in a professional career are largely apolitical, focusing on universal human experiences rather than specific ideological positions. The narrative champions individual commitment and personal fulfillment.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast, consistent with traditional casting practices for a sports drama from 1999. The narrative centers on the personal journey of its white male protagonist and does not present a critical portrayal of traditional identities or explicitly incorporate DEI themes.
Secondary
For Love of the Game is a romantic drama centered on a heterosexual relationship and a baseball player's career. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in a net impact of N/A.
For Love of the Game does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The film's plot centers exclusively on a baseball pitcher's career and personal relationships, with no elements related to transsexual identity or experiences present in the narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "For Love of the Game" is an adaptation of Michael Shaara's novel. The main characters' genders in the film align with their portrayals in the source material, with no instances of a character established as one gender being depicted as another.
The film is an adaptation of a novel featuring fictional characters. There is no evidence that any character canonically established as one race in the source material was portrayed by an actor of a different race in the 1999 film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.4
Critic Ratings
4.7
4.3
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