The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,247 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
579 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian RobbinsDirector
- John GatinsScreenplay
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Keanu ReevesConor O'Neill
- Diane LaneElizabeth Wilkes
- John HawkesTicky Tobin
- Bryan HearneAndre Ray Peetes
- Julian GriffithJefferson Albert Tibbs
- Michael B. JordanJamal
- A. Delon Ellis Jr.Miles Pennfield II
- Kris D. LoftonClarence
- Michael PerkinsKofi Evans
- Brian M. ReedRaymond 'Ray Ray' Bennet
- DeWayne WarrenJarius 'G-Baby' Evans
- Carol HallPearla Evans
