Directed by: Bennett Miller
Written by: Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
Streaming on Netflix.
The film is set in the world of American baseball. More than the game, the film is about how the game is influenced by money and the economics surrounding. Perhaps like IPL. The film is about the manager of a team who says that they can't win with such less budget for the team. He finds a guy who has a different approach to the game, he uses statistical models to rate players. He hires him, and they both become a team and start getting players through that. The film has a similar structure to how two characters find a strange way out in a desperate situation, and how they navigate through it. They face constant hurdles, and these hurdles make for episodic conflicts. Here, they've to let go of players. Be ruthless and do what's good for the game.
The film is a nice portrayal of capitalism, and how things work there. All that matters is numbers, and that's what everyone's working hard for. Wolf of Wall Street, Social Network too operate on similar lines. It shows us the nature of capitalism, without making much of a statement about it. But I was shocked to see that Billy turned down the offer and stayed with the team, I almost had goosebumps reading it. It could've been a scene too, but it coming post the film as a text made it so impactful. I liked the film because it didn't operate like a sports film, it goes like a film about two underdogs trying to do something so against the odds.
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