Benched (2018)

Ripken baseball coach John C. McGinley recruits Garret Dillahunt to be his assistant coach after he mistakes the identity of Dillahunt’s stepson for a much more athletic player. The vast majority of the film is the two men talking and navigating their different philosophies on coaching and life. There’s not a whole lot of actual baseball, but for fans of either of the actors, and I have enjoyed works by both of them, it’s about as entertaining as anything else they’ve done. I spent an inordinate amount of time figuring out which park in Nashville had an elevated train in the background.   Sports

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