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Jun 23, 2016 · This is a sports movie that quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald. And there’s a brief but powerful scene as the athlete talks to the press that reminds us of how mch this film rewards careful attention. Johnny Simmons plays Hopper, a “phenom” of a pitcher who has had trouble delivering in the major leagues. He’s sent to the team’s psychologist ...
Jul 1, 2016 · The Phenom. During a scene in mindboggling sports drama The Phenom, young Hopper (Johnny Simmons) tells Dorothy (Sophie Kennedy Clark)—over an oppressively grim trio of wind, wind chimes and ...
Jun 22, 2016 · June 22, 2016 10:24am. Courtesy of RLJ Entertainment. Its central figure is a baseball player, but The Phenom is no sports movie. Rather, Noah Buschel’s indie is an intimate psychological ...
Ever since Hopper (Johnny Simmons) was a child, he has dreamed of becoming a major league pitcher. Relentlessly pushed by his abusive father (Academy Award Nominee Ethan Hawke) he's on the verge of becoming one of the game's most promising players when he unexpectedly breaks down on the mound. Now Hopper's only hope lies with an unorthodox sports therapist (Academy Award Nominee Paul Giamatti) who urges him to let go of the past so he can find success on the field.
The Phenom has the feel of a filmmaker finding his balance, testing his limits, ready to create something stronger. What makes this film interesting - and very different from the average sporting drama - is that it challenges established ideas of what it means to be strong.
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The Phenom is more about its actors and the terrific performances they deliver. Johnny Simmons is outstanding, and Paul Giamatti does his usual, but Ethan Hawke is a damn chameleon. Johnny Simmons is outstanding, and Paul Giamatti does his usual, but Ethan Hawke is a damn chameleon.
