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06/24/06
Cobb (1994)
67 %
Reviews Counted: 21 Fresh: 14 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins
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 egotistical and abusive bigot. While the aging Cobb drags Stump from bar to bar, Stump must... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich
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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
Completely uncompromising in a way that films, especially sports films, just aren't.
09/29/03
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02/21/03
This movie is two hours of Jones acting badly and Wuhl looking drawn.
12/08/02
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