
Nicky Rogan's new play is opening on Broadway and many agree, he has written the best play his career. Or has he? Critic Steven Schwimmer is slated to review and he's ruined many a playwright with his scathing words. Nicky is becoming concerned, but instead chooses to obsess over his Red Sox and their chances again the Mets in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Will the Sox and his play come crashing down on the same night?... (Full plot summary below)
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Nicky Rogan's new play is opening on Broadway and many agree, he has written the best play his career. Or has he? Critic Steven Schwimmer is slated to review and he's ruined many a playwright with his scathing words. Nicky is becoming concerned, but instead chooses to obsess over his Red Sox and their chances again the Mets in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Will the Sox and his play come crashing down on the same night?
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| Boston GlobeTy BurrIt's an inside-the-park home run -- a small, lovingly overwritten comic drama about fate, failure, and primal longing. To put it in words a Sox fan would understand, the movie hurts good. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is DeLillo's first produced screenplay, but he has written for the stage, and perhaps his portrait of Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.), the detested critic, is drawn from life. |
| San Francisco ChronicleLeba HertzA quirky little comedy about one day in the life of a New York playwright on the brink of either greatness or failure. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerThe film is meandering and highly uneven, but Robert Downey Jr. is truly oddball as a venomous drama critic, and watching that ball once again roll through Bill Buckner's legs is torture (for Red Sox fans anyway). |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayHoffman makes impressive use of his low budget, thanks to a talented cast, an atmospheric soundtrack by Yo La Tengo, and the general feeling of confidence that a veteran director can bring to a project. But too much of Game 6 is designed to seem deeper than it really is. |
| Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyKeaton's so good you almost forget how wonderful Downey is as Steven Schwimmer. |
| Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoSmall and intimate, Game 6 is a meditation on American theater and the Great American Pastime that hovers above the surface of reality but never quite takes off, either. |
| L.A. WeeklyJames C. TaylorFor viewers counting the minutes until opening day, Game 6 provides a quirky cinematic alternative to next week's "Benchwarmers." |
| SalonAndrew O'HehirA modest but agreeable, and often very funny, movie. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsThere are funny bits strewn throughout Game 6, and it's good to see Keaton in a meaty, nonshowy role for a change. He has the chops when he's not mugging. |