--- product_id: 2420852 title: "Moneyball" price: "€ 9.68" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/2420852-moneyball store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Moneyball **Price:** € 9.68 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Moneyball - **How much does it cost?** € 9.68 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/2420852-moneyball) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description It's amazing that Moneyball makes baseball statistics seem fascinating--but that's because it's not really a movie about numbers, and it's not really a movie about baseball, either. It's about what drives people to take risks--in this instance, Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, who's just had his best players poached by teams that can afford to pay a lot more. Fed up with how money twists the game, he listens to Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), who persuades him that certain players are being undervalued for trivial reasons--that statistics reveal hidden strengths that could, when used in the right combinations, produce a winning season. Beane takes Brand's advice, then has to fight everyone else around him to follow it through. Moneyball skillfully takes the audience into Beane's psyche. Pitt is in excellent form; it's an understated but magnetic performance, the kind that rarely wins awards but should. Pitt has the physical presence of a former athlete and vividly expresses the mind of a man who's never achieved success but isn't ready to give up. Director Bennett Miller ( Capote ) shapes the supporting cast (Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, and others less recognizable but just as solid) as carefully as Beane shapes his team. Miller has a few flashy (and highly effective) moments of sound manipulation and editing, but Moneyball is carried by its superb performances. -- Bret Fetzer Brad Pitt stars in this film about Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane and his attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. Review: Great movie - Moneyball is one of those rare sports movies that isn’t really about sports—it’s about thinking differently and taking risks when everyone else doubts you. Brad Pitt does a great job portraying Billy Beane, and Jonah Hill adds a quiet, smart presence that balances the film well. Even if you’re not a baseball fan, the story pulls you in with its focus on strategy, data, and challenging the status quo. It’s fast-paced without feeling rushed and keeps you invested the whole time. What stands out most is the message: you don’t have to follow tradition to succeed—you just have to be willing to rethink the game. Review: Great movie - Even if you've never heard of the amazing 20-win streak of the Oakland Athletics, or Sabermetrics, this is just a good film. The entire sport and the conflict over the rise of statistic-driven baseball is told through a framing device where general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) struggles to balance work and life during a momentous time in his career. At the end of the day, all he really wants is for his daughter to be proud of him. Any audience can understand that. The short version of the sports part of the plot is that even though baseball fans have always been obsessed with statistics, some economists and mathematicians figured out that the stats everyone focused on didn't correspond very well to wins. A new field- now referred to as Sabermetrics- was developed in an attempt to generate a new mathematical method for determining which factors of a game actually affect win rate. In short, "old" baseball relied on gut feeling and good looks. A player who looked strong and handsome and hit a lot of home runs was everyone's top pick. The New York Yankees spent hundreds of millions developing these sorts of players, since their nearly unlimited funding meant they could buy all the best talent. Meanwhile at the Oakland Athletics team where we meet Billy Beane, they couldn't afford much of anything. Instead, they had to use their limited resources to try and generate an edge. The new field of Sabermetrics told them that looks didn't really generate wins. What generated wins- in a very simplified form- was for batters to be very picking about when they swing at, and then get on base reliably. The best possible hitter wasn't someone who tried to hit a home run every time (home run hitters often have lousy averages). The best hitter was someone who would stand at the plate watching 3 balls and 2 strikes go by, and only then get a hit or a walk to first base. Repeat this over the course of the lineup, and you get reliable scoring, not to mention the pitchers get tired and have to be changed out for second- or third- rate replacements more quickly. The Oakland A's went on to generate the longest winning streak in the history of baseball, using relatively cheap players that nobody wanted, playing a style of baseball that people called boring. They even beat the Yankees on a few occasions, despite spending a fraction of the money to do so. The A's even made it to the doorstep of the World Series before finally losing- which as the statistics show- was probably just a fluke. There's so much to love about this film. There's an interesting core story- how a revolution in thinking changed baseball. There's a great human story of Billy Beane negotiating his life between the stress of his job and his home life. There are also a ton of great actors. Brad Pitt as Billy Beane is great. Jonah Hill plays his breakthrough role as Peter Brand, a hodgepodge representing sabermetrics figures of the time including Paul DePodesta. There's Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, and Chris Pratt. I'll give a special mention to Chris Pratt. Not only was this one of his first big roles, but his character Scott Hatteberg is amazing and crucial. Scott Hatteberg was totally washed-up under the old baseball system. He was a catcher who had a nerve problem which caused him to lose sensation in his fingers, making it impossible for him to throw the ball reliably to second base. He was done. That is, until the A's saw that Hatteberg had a habit of getting to first base every time he went up to bat, which went unnoticed since Hatteberg no longer "looked" like a good player. I won't spoil the movie for you but let me quote a line from the book, which says that if the A's could have stocked a team with people who could hit like Scott Hatteberg, they would have been projected to win every single game of the season including the World Series. This movie is therefore also a big story about redemption, and underdogs. It's beautiful. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | Bennett Miller, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Michael De Luca, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachael Horovitz, Robin Wright Contributor Bennett Miller, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Michael De Luca, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachael Horovitz, Robin Wright See more | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 12,730 Reviews | | Format | DVD | | Genre | Drama, Sports | | Initial release date | 2011-09-23 | | Language | English | ## Product Details - **Format:** DVD - **Genre:** Drama, Sports - **Initial release date:** 2011-09-23 - **Language:** English ## Images ![Moneyball - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61vEGfaJn8L.jpg) ![Moneyball - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51fSw8EzxIL.jpg) ![Moneyball - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51KZTFmRx8L.jpg) ![Moneyball - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61lI30mqEVL.jpg) ![Moneyball - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Lg47xcDoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great movie *by M***S on April 14, 2026* Moneyball is one of those rare sports movies that isn’t really about sports—it’s about thinking differently and taking risks when everyone else doubts you. Brad Pitt does a great job portraying Billy Beane, and Jonah Hill adds a quiet, smart presence that balances the film well. Even if you’re not a baseball fan, the story pulls you in with its focus on strategy, data, and challenging the status quo. It’s fast-paced without feeling rushed and keeps you invested the whole time. What stands out most is the message: you don’t have to follow tradition to succeed—you just have to be willing to rethink the game. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great movie *by P***L on February 19, 2019* Even if you've never heard of the amazing 20-win streak of the Oakland Athletics, or Sabermetrics, this is just a good film. The entire sport and the conflict over the rise of statistic-driven baseball is told through a framing device where general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) struggles to balance work and life during a momentous time in his career. At the end of the day, all he really wants is for his daughter to be proud of him. Any audience can understand that. The short version of the sports part of the plot is that even though baseball fans have always been obsessed with statistics, some economists and mathematicians figured out that the stats everyone focused on didn't correspond very well to wins. A new field- now referred to as Sabermetrics- was developed in an attempt to generate a new mathematical method for determining which factors of a game actually affect win rate. In short, "old" baseball relied on gut feeling and good looks. A player who looked strong and handsome and hit a lot of home runs was everyone's top pick. The New York Yankees spent hundreds of millions developing these sorts of players, since their nearly unlimited funding meant they could buy all the best talent. Meanwhile at the Oakland Athletics team where we meet Billy Beane, they couldn't afford much of anything. Instead, they had to use their limited resources to try and generate an edge. The new field of Sabermetrics told them that looks didn't really generate wins. What generated wins- in a very simplified form- was for batters to be very picking about when they swing at, and then get on base reliably. The best possible hitter wasn't someone who tried to hit a home run every time (home run hitters often have lousy averages). The best hitter was someone who would stand at the plate watching 3 balls and 2 strikes go by, and only then get a hit or a walk to first base. Repeat this over the course of the lineup, and you get reliable scoring, not to mention the pitchers get tired and have to be changed out for second- or third- rate replacements more quickly. The Oakland A's went on to generate the longest winning streak in the history of baseball, using relatively cheap players that nobody wanted, playing a style of baseball that people called boring. They even beat the Yankees on a few occasions, despite spending a fraction of the money to do so. The A's even made it to the doorstep of the World Series before finally losing- which as the statistics show- was probably just a fluke. There's so much to love about this film. There's an interesting core story- how a revolution in thinking changed baseball. There's a great human story of Billy Beane negotiating his life between the stress of his job and his home life. There are also a ton of great actors. Brad Pitt as Billy Beane is great. Jonah Hill plays his breakthrough role as Peter Brand, a hodgepodge representing sabermetrics figures of the time including Paul DePodesta. There's Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, and Chris Pratt. I'll give a special mention to Chris Pratt. Not only was this one of his first big roles, but his character Scott Hatteberg is amazing and crucial. Scott Hatteberg was totally washed-up under the old baseball system. He was a catcher who had a nerve problem which caused him to lose sensation in his fingers, making it impossible for him to throw the ball reliably to second base. He was done. That is, until the A's saw that Hatteberg had a habit of getting to first base every time he went up to bat, which went unnoticed since Hatteberg no longer "looked" like a good player. I won't spoil the movie for you but let me quote a line from the book, which says that if the A's could have stocked a team with people who could hit like Scott Hatteberg, they would have been projected to win every single game of the season including the World Series. This movie is therefore also a big story about redemption, and underdogs. It's beautiful. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I have no idea why I loved this movie, and yet, I did. Possibly, by accident. Which is how I saw the movie in the first place. *by W***K on November 22, 2014* First. I am not a sports fan. I am a stadium junk food fan, but, according to my boyfriend, that is apparently not the same thing as being a sports fan. Whatevers. But then, I was going to iPic to see a movie, which was sold out, and I don't even remember what it was, and this movie was playing just at that time and frankly, i didn't even bother to see what movie it was, I just heard 'Brad Pitt' and I was like 'Yes, please.' And really, 'Moneyball'? How am I supposed to guess it's a sports movie, right? So, I was there. I watched it. Hooked from the first few minutes, really. Maybe it's because I like math and it's as much a math movie as it is a baseball movie. Well, it's not, but let's pretend it is. There is a line in the movie about baseball that I wouldn't have gotten before I saw this movie. Billy Beane says, "How can you not get romantic about baseball?" If you had told me that this line was said in a sports movie in a non-self-mocking way, I would have snorted and dismissed the comment. But now, I kinda get it. Kinda. Frankly, I still go to the games to watch the stretching and to eat garlic fries and Dippin' Dots. Woohoo! But now, I acknowledge the possibility that there might be other reasons why people might go. As to the "what about the movie?!?" portion of this review - Brief synopsis: So, Billy Beane hires Peter, an economics wiz from Yale (and apparent Baseball Fanatic) to help him put together a team that doesn't completely suck on a shoestring budget. And that's what they do. In a tremendous overkill type way. Great points: * I dislike Jonah Hill in virtually all of his movies. When I saw him in this movie, I realized that I had been wrong. It was the characters in his other movies that I hated. Jonah Hill himself is (apparently) a fine actor and was brilliant in this role as a high-functioning geek (FYI: High-functioning geeks are much like high-functioning sociopaths but with fewer manners and with less of the complete lack of morality). * Brad Pitt was also amazing. He was not in anyway heart-throb-y, which made him all the more heart-throb-y in my book. I mean, how can you not like a guy who turns down a bajillion dollars because he is loyal to his loser-ish team and because he doesn't want to leave the state that houses his daughter? Nice, right? Yah. I thought so as well. * Amazing acting by supporting roles, not the least of which being the greatly missed Philip Seymour Hoffman. * Chris Pratt of Guardians of the Galaxy fame also makes an appearance as Scott Hatteberg in one of the more touching scenes in the movies. Here again, was an example where I was surprised by the depth of a performance by an actor I had pretty much written off as a character actor, mainly put in to movies for laughs. My bad on that one, Chris. Oh, and Jonah. You both rocked it in this movie. In serious roles, yet. Kudos. Not-so-great: * The amazingly talented Robin Wright has not had luck in finding movie or roles that best display her talents, and this was another one. Brilliant movie but she was under-used as the ex-wife of Billy Beane. * Music soundtrack not the best. An amusing song (fictionally authored) by Billy Beane's daughter aside. On the other hand, this wasn't a movie where the soundtrack was pivotal (unlike say, in any superhero movie made, ever), so I give it a pass. *Not a lot of baseball players stretching on screen, which was kind of a let down for me since this was, in fact, a *baseball* movie. And, as mentioned previously, one of the two reasons I go to games in the first place. Hmmm..... Conclusion: All-in-all an excellent film. Great for sports-lovers and sports-meh-ers alike. As to the rating (for those who are sensitive to those things), there are some obscenities which is why this is PG13, but it was in keeping with the locker-room setting of the movie and so entirely appropriate. At no point did I roll my eyes and say 'Ah! The f-bomb. That must indicate the character is tough / angry / hungry / under 25, etc.' I have a pet peeve about gratuitous swearing being used in place of actual dialog. 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