Massively underrated.
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08/05/08
Cobb (1994)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:20
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.4/10
Synopsis: When sports writer Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) attempts to write a biography of legendary Detroit Tiger Tyrus Raymond Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones), Stump discovers that baseball's first Hall of Famer's an... [More]
Reviews for Cobb
Top CriticDirector Shelton is a master at locker room drama, and helped by a towering performance of snarling egomania and drug-fuelled bitterness from Jones, he tackles the dichotomies of [Cobb] with engaging enthusiasm.
08/05/08
It's such a potent and courageous wreck of a movie that it's worth more than most 'successes.'
08/05/08
Tommy Lee Jones is superb in the title role, but writer-director Ron Shelton unwisely chose to structure the film as a two-character piece, thus placing undue attention on the lackluster character of Cobb's biographer, Al Stump.
08/05/08
It's unclear just how much sympathy we are to extend the unrepentant and bullying title character.
08/05/08
Top CriticNo review available.
02/22/08
No review available.
12/11/07
Shelton's film is about the nature of truth and popular myth, about the single-minded pursuit of glory, and the horrors within. It's also very funny.
06/24/06
Tommy Lee Jones gives an uncompromisingly volcanic performance as the psychotic bigot, one of baseball greatest players, known for his aggressive conduct, racism, and sexism.
06/02/06
Completely enthralling from first frame to last, Cobb is a fascinating, uncompromising portrait of a rage-filled, contradictory man fighting his own private war with the world.
01/26/06
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03/30/05
No review available.
10/08/04
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06/25/04
No review available.
03/18/04
Completely uncompromising in a way that films, especially sports films, just aren't.
09/29/03
Despite Jones' performance, it's a disappointing biopic
07/11/03
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05/20/03
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02/21/03
Top CriticThis movie is two hours of Jones acting badly and Wuhl looking drawn.
12/08/02
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