Game 6

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Game 6

R,

2005,

1h 23m,

Comedy/

Drama

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62%

42 Reviews

Tomatometer

37%

10,000+ Ratings

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62%

Tomatometer

42 Reviews

37%

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10,000+ Ratings

It's 1986, and New York playwright Nicky Rogan faces a series of fears, but none more frightening than the powerful critic Steven Schwimmer. Nicky worries about a scathing review when his play premieres on Broadway. In the meantime, his beloved Boston Red Sox are trying to win the World Series.

Critics Consensus

Though packed with Don DeLillo's witty dialogue and bolstered by strong performances, particularly by lead Michael Keaton, Game 6 also suffers from uneven direction and overwrought symbolism.

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

Mar 18, 2013

For fans of DeLillo, Keaton and/or either team in that classic Series, this curious little picture is worth tracking down.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Mar 21, 2011

For better and worse, this is a fiction writer's movie: the dialogue is admirably precise, yet the restrictive worldview that's so gripping in DeLillo's books seems like mere solipsism on-screen.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

May 6, 2006

2.5/5

Game 6 is ultimately a curious dud, although it makes us anxiously await DeLillo's next time at bat.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Feb 26, 2022

1.5/4

...the picture suffers from an arms-length feel that continually prevents the viewer from working up much interest in or enthusiasm for the central characters exploits...

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Aug 26, 2021

6/10

It's much more than a curiosity, and if any of this description appeals to you, you know it's a movie, regained, that will hold your attention however much a novelist's voice often drives the flow of the picture. That DeLillo kid? He sure shows promise.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 8, 2020

2.5/4.0

DeLillo, despite the flaws in his first screenplay, shows remarkable promise in writing for the big screen.

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Michael Hoffman

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Michael Keaton

Nicky Rogan

Robert Downey Jr.

Steven Schwimmer

Ari Graynor

Laurel Rogan

Bebe Neuwirth

Joanna Bourne

Griffin Dunne

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Synopsis

It's 1986, and New York playwright Nicky Rogan faces a series of fears, but none more frightening than the powerful critic Steven Schwimmer. Nicky worries about a scathing review when his play premieres on Broadway. In the meantime, his beloved Boston Red Sox are trying to win the World Series.

Director: Michael Hoffman
Producer: Amy Robinson, Griffin Dunne, Leslie Urdang, Christina Weiss Lurie
Screenwriter: Don DeLillo
Production Co: Serenade Films, ShadowCatcher Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexuality|Some Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 22, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Mar 10, 2006
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $128.1K
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: Dolby

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