87
Metascore
42 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe supersmart and rousing Moneyball, which may be the best baseball movie since "Bull Durham," is also about talk, but in a coolly heady and original inside-the-front-office way.
- 90Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondThe surprisingly effective Moneyball has a smart script, solid direction and great performances.
- 90Village VoiceRobert WilonskyVillage VoiceRobert WilonskyIt really happened, it's really corny, and it's really great.
- 88Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreMoneyball is a thinking person's baseball movie, and a baseball fan's thinking movie.
- 80Time OutStephen GarrettTime OutStephen GarrettBest of all, filmmaker Bennett Miller (Capote) uses this brainiac sports movie to remind viewers that money is neither the measure of a man nor the ultimate assessment of quality; it's a myopic metric based on past accomplishments rather than future potential. After all, success isn't always about the home runs so much as just getting on base - again, and again, and again.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe movie does achieve something nearly impossible: Someone who doesn't even like the sport may care about Billy Beane and the 2002 Oakland Athletics.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe movie doesn't quite come together, but it's full of smart, cynical talk, and it's very entertaining.