Review – Eight Men Out

John Sayles turns his ever-so-slightly-too-artistic eye on the notorious "Black Sox" scandal from the 1919 World Series. He works with a solid cast of familiar faces to tell the no-winners tale of how desperately underpayed ballplayers fell under the sway of petty crooks bankrolled by a big-time mobster looking to fix the White Sox's looks-like-a-sure-thing win over the Reds. Though I could have done with a trifle less filter work, the production does a solid job both as a crime movie and a baseball picture. Oh, and a quick side-note to Pete Rose (whom I'm sure reads 8sails all the time): if it was up to me, you'd go into the Hall of Fame right after Shoeless Joe (i.e. never). Worth seeing