Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

EssenceStory Well Deserved Praise

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

bilro It was fun watching Brooks do his bit. Given most movies that I've seen on the TV as of late, to include the offerings on Pay per View, HBO and Starz, this one was a welcome change. I've read some reviews that say the ending was less than acceptable. Well, such is life. A story doesn't have to have a transcendental message to be enjoyed. For those who think that's essential, I suggest they watch the movie up to the final fifteen minutes, turn off the TV and make up their own ending. As for me, I can live with it just the way it was. One clear measure that I have that it was a movie worth watching? Well, my wife actually stayed awake through most of it!

Amy Adler Al (Albert Brooks) is, at the moment, a hapless scout for the New York Yankees. His last sure thing pitcher tossed his cookies on the mound in front of the huge crowd, just before he bolted for the turnpike. Al is sent to Mexico this time and not in any known territory. Unbelievably, in the Mexican hinterland, an American named Steve Nebraska is just waiting for Al to discover him. And, what a discovery! Steve can pitch at 106 miles an hour and hit a baseball over 600 feet, even if he is a bit weird. Al brings Steve back to NY and the Yankees, most impressed, sign him on one condition. Nebraska must pass a psychological examination! Can he do it? Will the shrink dandily named H. Aaron help? The premise of this movie, along with Albert Brooks' fine performance, are enough to sustain this movie to the end. Fraser, also, does another fine turn as the freaky kid on the block. But, one can not help but say what if. There are several loose ends that just never get tied and the result is a good movie but not a great one. Bull Durham, Major League, and It Happens Every Spring, now these are fine baseball movies. This one just doesn't measure up. Still, if you are a baseball movie fan, you will want to see this one, sure. This film is loaded with good ideas that are worth exploring and jabbering about. Stock up on hotdogs and colas and invite the baseball buddies over for a screening.

moviedude1 Sent on a route through the deepest parts of Mexico because of a big screw-up, New York Yankees talent scout, Brooks, finds the pitcher of the century in Fraser: a top-notch pitcher and a very good hitter, too. The only problem is that Fraser has the mind of a pre-adolescent teen, whose goals are simple, but his temper and emotional needs get in the way.The movie has a good premise, and the stars of the baseball diamond appear in many cameos (including Yankees mogul Steinbrenner) have a nice touch. The actors try to do a good job, but they just don't pull this movie off. There is no "believability" to it! I just don't buy it!The only good scene where Fraser demonstrates his child-like anger is when he tells the photographer to, "stop taking pictures of me...weren't the first thirty-four enough?" His emotional attachment to Brooks is found early on, but the therapist's theory of "possible homocidal tendencies" towards Brooks is not brought out enough in the movie. There is no substance to this film. If you're a Fraser fan, you might enjoy this film, but I found little else of any value and no credibility in this film.

bob the moo After drafting two consecutive lemons into the Yankees at great cost and having them flop to great embarrassment, scout Al Percolo is banished to scout in Mexico where the standard of baseball is a lot lower – try watching a goat play on third base! However there he finds an American player, Steve Nebraska, who can pitch like the wind and bat like a monster. He drafts him to the Yankees but has to get a physiologist to treat him to ensure he doesn't flop in the same way as the others.I like Albert Brooks. He has never set the world on fire here in the UK but his films can usually be witty and well written if never hilarious. Here however he hits a real bum note with a misguided and unfunny script that he fails to make better in production and delivery. The film starts promisingly enough, with the illusion of being bright and breezy. The introduction of Nebraska appears to deliver more of the same but no – it doesn't. The tone becomes heavier as Nebraska's psyche is probed and I expected it to go deeper. However it does neither. It is never well explained why he is the way he is, or what he's working on – instead he just goes moody. Add to this the usual fun of sports movies is gone but nothing replaces it.The end result is that it is a drag to watch with nothing explaining enough for you to care what's going on. When the sports action does return in the final 10 minutes it is so unlikely (in fact impossible by official rules and biological reason) and badly shot that it adds nothing to the film. It's a shame cause Brooks could have mixed comedy with the deeper issues raised by Nebraska – instead he loses the plot with them both and delivers neither well.Brooks is actually OK but has no real witty lines to deliver after the first 15 minutes. Also, because of a lazy script, he has to become the character that everyone watching will know he shouldn't become – but it sets up the finale…lazy! Fraser is somewhere between playing a goofy guy we love and being `a good actor'™, however here he is just annoying and is neither. Wiest is wasted but it's interesting to see a young Rapaport. Sadly the baseball cameos were wasted on this little Irish lad and I may have missed jokes as a result.Overall this is a wasted chance to mix witty comedy with deeper issues as told through Nebraska. The film starts well but soon the deeper issues suck all the fun out of it but aren't developed well enough to replace them with anything else. Well worth missing.