Taglines: Whatever life throws at you.
In Atlanta, the aging Brave’s baseball scout Gus Lobel is near the end of his contract and the manager Vince questions whether it is not the time for his retirement. Meanwhile the stubborn and grumpy Gus learns that he has problems with his eyes and need to go to a specialist but he hides the medical recommendation from everybody. Gus’s boss and friend Pete Klein knows that baseball is the pride and joy of Gus and a retirement would kill him and asks him to travel to North Caroline to scout the promising player Bo Gentry.
Pete also protects Gus from the ambitious colleague Phillip Sanderson (Matthew Lillard) that wants his position and to get Gus fired. Pete visits Gus’s estranged daughter Mickey, who is an efficient lawyer that is disputing a partnership in the office where she works with her colleague Todd, and asks her to travel with Gus to North Caroline. Mickey is a great fan of baseball and has a great knowledge of the sport since she used to travel with her father when she was young, but she has a childhood trauma since Gus abandoned her with an uncle when she was a child.
In North Caroline, Gus meets the former pitcher Johnny, who had an early retirement due to an injured shoulder and now is scouting for the Red Socks but aiming to be a broadcaster. When he meets Mickey, there is a mutual attraction between them. Along the days, Gus discovers that Gentry has problems with balls pitched in curve and he does not recommend the player to the Brave. He also tells Johnny about Gentry’s problem. But when Phillip advises Vince to hire Gentry, Vince’s decision affects the lives of Gus, Mickey and Johnny.
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
Directed by: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Chelcie Ross, Carla Fisher, George Wyner, Clifton Guterman, Matthew Lillard, Robert Patrick, Nathan Wright
Screenplay by: Randy Brown
Production Design by: James J. Murakami
Cinematography by: Tom Stern
Film Editing by: Joel Cox, Gary Roach
Costume Design by: Deborah Hopper
Set Decoration by: Gary Fettis
Art Direction by: Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
Music by: Marco Beltrami
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sexual references, some thematic material and smoking.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: September 21, 2012
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