Hardball

Year: 2001

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, Michael B. Jordan, D.B. Sweeney

Duration: 106 min

Connor O'Neill is a gambler who has bet on his dead father's account and is now severely in debt. In order to repay the debt he must coach a baseball team of troubled kids in the ABLA Housing Complex in Chicago. He had decided that once he repaid his debts he would leave the team but soon Connor connects with the kids and finds it harder to leave than he thought. Elizabeth Wilkes is a school teacher that forces the attention of O'Neil away from his pressing problems to the real daunting challenges that nine boys on the team face daily. We see real wealth highlighted by real poverty in Chicago. We see wasted talent in a mentor draw out the potential of young men midst broken lives ABLA. Despite being language challenged this is a story worth being seen by all young men. A modern day Boys town Connor O'Neill is a gambler who has bet on his dead father's account and is now severely in debt. In order to repay the debt he must coach a baseball team of troubled kids in the ABLA Housing Complex in Chicago. He had decided that once he repaid his debts he would leave the team but soon Connor connects with the kids and finds it harder to leave than he thought. Elizabeth Wilkes is a school teacher that forces the attention of O'Neil away from his pressing problems to the real daunting challenges that nine boys on the team face daily. We see real wealth highlighted by real poverty in Chicago. We see wasted talent in a mentor draw out the potential of young men midst broken lives ABLA. Despite being language challenged this is a story worth being seen by all young men. A modern day Boys town?

Genre: Action   Comedy   Drama   Sport