Drama

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Eephus

Omnes Films

A Major Production

ColdFeet Films

Through the Lens Entertainment

Nord-Ouest Films

United States of America

France

Singapore

English

Cliff Blake

Johnny Tirado

Timothy Taylor

Ethan Ward

Jeff Saint-Dic

Keith William Richards

Theodore Bouloukos

David Torres Jr.

Brendan Burt

John R. Smith Jnr.

Nate Fisher

Conner Marx

Bill Lee

Joe Castiglione

Ari Brisbon

Keith Poulson

Stephen Radochia

Patrick Garrigan

Pete Minkarah

Ray Hryb

Russell J. Gannon

Chris Goodwin

David Pridemore

Wayne Diamond

Frederick Wiseman

Joe Penczak

Paul Kandarian

Lou Basta

Timber Holmes

Isabelle Charlot

David Metskhvarishvili

Annie Tisdale

Gregory Falatek

Luis Vicente

Stephen Gauthier

Jack DiFonso

David Sabot

Jason Barbieri

Adam DePalma

Mark Towle

Alex Flynn

Amy Drummond

Will Menaker

Will Sennett

Carson Lund

Michael Basta

Tyler Taormina

David Entin

Michael Tonelli

Brian Clark

Ashish Shetty

Jim Christman

Greg Tango

Erik Lund

Eddie Averill

Joseph Fiorillo

Georgios Melimopoulos

Joel Numa

Stephen Hicken

Meredith Cohen

Sylvia Lund

Jonathan Davies

Ryan Oppedisano

John Cico

Kevin Anton

Chris Yannaco

Wesley Kabakjian

Taylor J. Williams

Kyle Stroud

Gabe Klinger

Michael Richter

Ola Byszuk

Tim Bonin

Kevin Fisher

Steve Galbraith

Nelson Ramm

Albert Birney

Brent Marchant

This is bound to be an unpopular opinion, but, to me, fewer things in life are more boring than baseball – except perhaps for movies about baseball (with a few exceptions like “The Natural” (1984), “A League of Their Own” (1992) and “42” (2013)). And that foregoing assessment, in my view, is more than applicable to this positively dreadful debut feature from writer-director Carson Lund. This alleged comedy tells the story of two men’s recreational baseball teams in a small Massachusetts town who embark on playing the last-ever game to be held at a local ballpark that’s about to be torn down to make room for construction of a new school. The implausibly overlong matchup, brought about by a series of completely unfunny incidents that stretch out the length of the game, goes on from midday through the afternoon and into the crisp, chilly fall evening wherein the players try to continue competing in the dark (gee, now there’s a load of laughs for you). There are also numerous talky, uninteresting conversations among the players in the dugout, along with views from the sidelines, where a handful of passing spectators offer their observations about what’s transpiring on the field. These sequences do little to add to the film and serve only to pad an already-tedious narrative. The sad part in all this is that the premise truly had the potential to make for a fun and heartwarming picture. Unfortunately, though, the absolutely flat dialogue, lame plot elements and undercooked character development prevent that from materializing. While this offering admittedly features some impressive cinematography and a well-conceived production design, there’s not much else to commend here. That is, of course, unless one compliments the creators on their fitting choice of title for the film: An “eephus,” for those who aren’t aware of what it is, is the name for an obscure form of curveball, one that’s thrown deceptively slowly, almost to the point where it lulls the batter into a sense of mesmerized complacency, as if to put the hitter to sleep. And, on that score, the filmmaker has truly succeeded in crafting a picture that lives up to its namesake where audiences are concerned. All I can say is that I’m truly glad that I didn’t pay box office ticket prices to see this one.

Official Streaming Trailer

Carson Lund and Keith William Richards on Eephus | NYFF62

Official Trailer

A Conversation with EEPHUS Filmmakers Carson Lund and writers Michael Basta and Nate Fisher

Carson Lund and Keith William Richards on Eephus

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Theodore Bouloukos

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John R. Smith Jnr.

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