Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less sad than 73% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Fastball easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Fastball end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Fastball

Name: Fastball
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Kevin Costner, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, Derek Jeter, Denard Span

The game is played in the blink of an eye.

Directed by Jonathan Hock

Produced by Hock Films, Legendary Digital Media

201687 min7.2 / 10

A cerebral documentary meditation on baseball's fastball as a metaphor for human limitation and the transcendence of logic through intuition and primal competition.

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.

Clusters

Space and Science Wonders Founders and Visionaries Underdog Sports Stories Quirky Genius Movies Sports and Competitions

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Sports Car Baseball

Questions people ask

Is Fastball scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Fastball violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Fastball sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.
Is Fastball easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.
Does Fastball end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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