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A writer runs an obstacle course of neuroses as he prepares to debut an important new work in this comedy drama. Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is a successful playwright who, after a series of hit come... read more read more...dies, is about to debut a deeply personal drama, and is more than a little nervous about how it will be received. Rogan has learned that notoriously tough critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) will be reviewing the opening night performance; a bad notice from Schwimmer sent Nicky's good friend and fellow writer Elliott (Griffin Dunne) into an emotional tailspin from which he's yet to recover. Rogan also has reason to believe that Peter Redmond (Harris Yulin), the play's leading man, may have a serious health problem that could sideline the show. Rogan is being dogged by personal anxieties as well -- his wife, Lillian (Catherine O'Hara), is leaving him, he's having an affair with Joanne (Bebe Neuwirth), who is bankrolling the show, his father (Tom Aldredge) is in failing health, and the life-long Boston Red Sox fan is panicking as his heroes are being trounced by the New York Mets in game six of the World Series. Game Six was the first original screenplay from noted novelist and playwright Don DeLillo; the film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 23 min.

Directed by: Michael Hoffman

Release Date: June 17, 2005

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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006

 

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  • blkbomb
    August 10, 2011
    blkbomb
    Nicky Rogan: I coulda been happy. I coulda been a Yankees fan. 

    "It's opening night... Let the games begin."

    I really wish I would have liked Game 6 more. I like the story. A writer has a new play coming out, that is supposed to be his best work. Everyone is informing him that ... read morea tough critic is going to tear his play apart and this begins to worry him. As that is going on it's also the night game 6 of the 1986 World Series is being played(most remembered for Buckner's less than impressive play). Nicky is a Red Sox fan, but doesn't hold out to much hope for the Red Sox winning the World Series. 

    What seems like a really cool story turns out to not make a great movie. At least in the hands of Michael Hoffman. As much as I wanted to like the movie; nothing in the actual movie was able to allow me to like it. The cast is fine with some pretty big names like Keaton, O'Hara and Downey Jr, but the movie has many flaws and the actors aren't able to make the movie anything special. 

    All in all Game 6 is a pretty joyless experience. It's also very disappointing because I believe it could have been so much more.
  • moonrivers
    June 29, 2009
    moonrivers
    packed with heavy hitting weight in front and behind the camera, this quirky new york piece that looks at living with lowered expectations and failure as a way of life somehow just fails to connect by that much...but still is worth a view.
  • gator681
    March 14, 2006
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]"Game 6" takes place on October 25, 1986 in a graffiti strewn and gridlocked New York City. Game six of the World Series is set to be played that night between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets. Nicky Rogan(Michael Keaton), playwright and Red Sox fan... read more, has a wife who wants a divorce and a grown daughter, Laurel(Ari Graynor), who barely speaks to him. His most personal play is opening that night but the lead actor(Harris Yulin) cannot remember his lines due to a parasite he picked up in Borneo.(Or was it Burma?) Worst of all, Steven Schwimmer(Robert Downey Jr.), the most savage of theatre critics is lurking in the background, waiting to give his opinion on the play.[/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]"Game 6" is a literate take on how a person's life can change in a moment. It is fueled by purple prose, especially by of all people, a traffic reporter.[/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]Note: I am a Mets fan who was a freshman in October, 1986 at a university in Massachusetts but I was back home in New York for game 6 of the World Series which I barely remember. That was the beginning of one of my favorite hobbies during my college years - antagonizing New England sports fans. [/font]
  • whosinthenews
    August 19, 2009
    whosinthenews
    Starts off as a banal "life in the big city" story that takes too long to set the various pieces on their collision courses. When the deeper meanings do rise to the surface in the climax it feels like too little too late since nearly every preceding scene is lacklusterly timed an... read mored without urgency. Michael Keaton and Robert Downey manage to eek out performances that are admirable considering the loose script and overall lack of intellectual depth.
  • GabrielKnight
    August 4, 2011
    GabrielKnight
    Great performance from Michael Keaton and the 80's New York looks pitch-perfect. The only problem with this comedy is that it's not particularly funny.
  • MetalStar
    December 22, 2008
    MetalStar
    Michael Keaton is spellbinding in this tale about a playright who is not sure whether he should go to the opening of his new play or watch Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
  • mikecubbie69
    May 30, 2007
    mikecubbie69
    Sadly overlooked film about lives intersecting with game 6 of the 1986 world Series.One of Michael Keatons best performances.
  • adecker31
    April 14, 2007
    adecker31
    It's a good movie. You can tell it's written by DeLillo, oddly enough. I mean, even without knowing that going in...

    Some great scenes...some scenes that don't quite come together. Liked it quite a bit in the end.
  • jeffriguez
    October 13, 2006
    jeffriguez
    It totally confounded me for days afterwards, and I didn't know what to think of it. Then, suddenly, I realized that's exactly why I liked it. It's a study in contradictions, too surreal to be real, and too real to be surreal. It's about baseball, playwrighting, and Michael Ke... read moreaton giving a hell of a performance as a man trapped between the two.
  • Drewbacca
    May 29, 2006
    Drewbacca
    I was really hoping for more from Keaton and the film that Ebert & Roeper proclaim as the first Oscar-worthy film of 2006. I still found the characters compelling, but the story just lacked an emotional element. Maybe if you remember the 1986 world series game 6 well and were a... read more true fan, this movie would have more meaning for you.

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J. R. Jones
March 21, 2011
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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. Full Review

Leba Hertz
April 28, 2006
Leba Hertz, San Francisco Chronicle

... a quirky little comedy ... Full Review

Colin Covert
April 20, 2006
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Novelist Don DeLillo brings many of his strengths to the screenplay for Game 6. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
April 7, 2006
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

DeLillo and company have let one go through their legs.

Carina Chocano
April 1, 2006
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

A meditation on American theater and the Great American Pastime that hovers above the surface of reality but never quite takes off, either. Full Review

Roger Ebert
March 23, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This material could be pitched at various levels. You can imagine it being incorporated into a sequel to The Producers, or being transformed into quasi-O'Neill. Full Review

Peter Rainer
March 23, 2006
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

The 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 ... Full Review

Richard Roeper
March 16, 2006
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

It's one of the best films of the young year. Full Review

Stephen Whitty
March 10, 2006
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

If making movies like this for himself is the reason Downey makes movies like The Shaggy Dog for us -- well then, that's a bargain that benefits no one. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
March 10, 2006
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

The movie includes a recurring motif of immigrant taxi drivers -- like them, the movie is constantly going around in circles.

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