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Fastball

2016 · 1h 27m · NOT RATED Documentary
Directed by Jonathan Hock

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Overview

Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for human cognition and accelerates into the realm of intuition. Fastball is a look at how the game at its highest levels of achievement transcends logic and even skill, becoming the primal struggle for man to control the uncontrollable.

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89%
Tomatometer
Fresh

If you are not familiar with this level of baseball nerdiness, then Fastball will be a revelation, and hopefully an entertaining one. If you are familiar, then Fastball will satisfy on a deep and extremely specific level.

Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
Fresh

A fascinating and downright lovable documentary feature by Jonathan Hock.

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh

The sunniness of Fastball leaves out a lot, but watching it can be as pleasurable as an afternoon at the ballpark.

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh

The lively MLB-produced doc's choice archival material and full roster of new interviews will delight fans, both as a warm-up to the 2016 season and beyond.

Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

Hock's documentary has a thrilling pop that should help it strike a competitive chord with anyone even remotely enchanted by our national pastime.

Nick Schager, Variety

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