Hardball

Basketball meets The Wire as a deadbeat hustler coaches a Little League team in Cabrini Green to cover his gambling debt. The kids hustle him harder than he hustled them. Features Keanu Reeves fronting the chaos with a crooked grin.

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Brian Robbins directed Hardball in 2001. See Brian Robbins's full filmography, where to start with Brian Robbins, or where to go after you've seen everything by Brian Robbins.

Hardball was released in 2001 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 106 minutes.