When he appears at Little League games in his hometown of Lee Summit, Mo., Freddie Patek can hear the whispers. (si.com)
No one actually says «My father didn't love me enough» in «The Place Beyond the Pines,» but they don't have too; director Derek Cianfrance has strangled every storyline in this overstuffed, underwhelming drama with enough father - son turmoil to fill a years» worth of Little League games. (backstage.com)
Lest he alienate his target audience of people who buy baseball - themed merchandise from the Skymall catalog, Garlin alternates these interviews with scenes of himself watching Little League games (less exciting than it sounds) and bathetic discussions of sports and fatherhood with his dad's ghost, played by Timothy Olyphant. (film.avclub.com)