Our family guide
Best from age 1265
Movie Knight Score
582 reviews
- 65 Audience · 582 · 100%
Hardball is a drama about an aimless young man, Conor O'Neill, who reluctantly agrees to coach a disadvantaged Little League baseball team in Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood as a condition for a loan. Parents should be aware that while it features children playing baseball, the film tackles mature themes of poverty, violence, and loss, with some language and situations that earned its PG-13 rating. It is best suited for pre-teens and older, aged 12 and up.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Frequent strong language
- Depiction of urban violence and crime
- Gambling addiction portrayed
- Alcohol consumption and smoking
What it models well
- Overcoming adversity
- Community and mentorship
- Responsibility and growth
Talk about it after
- How does Conor change throughout the film, and what causes those changes?
- What challenges do the children face beyond the baseball field, and how do they show resilience?
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.5/10 (582)
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0180734