At The Movies: Brad Pitt Flick in Theaters This Weekend

Moneyball is about baseball, but who cares.

All you need to know is it stars Brad Pitt.

For those interested in the plot, here’s a synopsis from moviefone.com:

Brad Pitt stars in the real-life tale of Major League Baseball general manager Billy Beane, who built up a winning team despite a decreased budget thanks to his sly use of statistical data to calculate the best -- and cheapest -- players for his roster. Aaron Sorkin updates Steve Zaillian's adaptation of Michael Lewis' fly-on-the-wall novel for Columbia Pictures.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some strong language.

Genre(s): drama, sports, comedy

Run Time: 126min.

Distributor(s): Colubmia Pictures, Columbia Pictures

Director(s): Bennett Miller

Starring: Brad Pitt , Jonah Hill , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Robin Wright Penn , Stephen Bishop

Themes: baseball players, underdogs

Tone: bittersweet, humorous, rousing, talky, endearing

Keywords: MLB (Major League Baseball), baseball, sports-franchise, statistics, team

Moneyball is showing locally at AMC Lake in the Hills 12, 311 North Randall Road, Lake in the Hills. The site also will give you locations of other nearby theaters showing the film.

For movie times and a trailer or information on other new releases, click here for moviefone's website.