Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. For Love of the Game has a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 76 reviews. In Roger Ebert's review, he gave the film 1 and a half stars out of 4, writing, "'For Love of the Game' is about the kinds of people who give the wrong answers. It's the most lugubrious and soppy love story in many a moon, a step backward for director Sam Raimi after 'A Simple Plan,' and yet another movie in which Kevin Costner plays a character who has all the right window dressing but is neither juicy nor interesting." Costner earned a Razzie Award nomination as Worst Actor for his performance (also for Message in a Bottle).
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