A beautiful and poignant yet hilarious take on a movie tackling themes as male friendship, family, and the bonds we sometimes form with people through things like shared interests or hobbies, masterfully weaving these themes into a goofy game of baseball.

While I adored the entire movie, I loved the ending, that after such an important game, after going the distance to finish it, it just ends. No cheering, no pomp and circumstance, just a brief muttered goodbye between those…

This movie was way more emotional than I had anticipated, with loss being a central theme affecting seemingly every character on several levels.

Cage’s performance is stellar and even without much dialogue conveys every bit of emotion intended through body language and pained expression. Alex Wolff does a great job at filling in the rest and honestly at times feels more the main than Cage. The cinematography is well done with wise size perspective choices, gorgeous long tracking shots, and…