Netflix users have been given just a matter of days to watch a Brad Pitt classic, which is deemed his ‘most grounded’ character ever by some fans.
Pitt has a storied filmography since his feature film debut all the way back in 1988.
From Fight Club to Mr and Mrs Smith to Inglorious Basterds to his most recent film, F1: The Movie - the actor has a slate of films that can go toe to toe with almost any other.
Despite this, many fans have called a perhaps underrated gem his best film, and undeniably one of his most grounded.
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The film, Moneyball, will be removed from Netflix in just three days on 20 June, and features Pitt as the lead alongside a star-studded cast.
What is Moneyball about and who is in it?
To say the cast is star-studded may even be an understatement, with Pitt starring alongside Jonah Hill, Chris Pratt, Robin Wright, and the late-great-Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Add to that a script from The Social Network and West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin, as well as director Bennett Miller, and you have a film that many call the best of Pitt’s career.
Moneyball follows the story of an MLB Baseball team, the Oakland A’s, with the lowest wages in all of the top tier of the sport.
Through one of the earliest introductions of sports analytics they put together a team of overlooked misfits and outcasts, going on a legendary run of wins after suffering in mediocrity for years.
The film has a whopping 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, with one fan naming it in a Reddit thread debating Pitt’s best performance.
A comment said: “Moneyball - Favourite movie with Brad, probably his most grounded, relatable character, and it's so damn rewatchable.”
Is Moneyball based on a true story?
The film, set to be taken off Netflix in just three days, is indeed based on a shocking true story.
Pitt plays Billy Beane, the real-life former player who becomes the Oakland A’s General Manager, turning them from the worst team in baseball to record-breakers in just one season.
As shown in the film, the A’s end up going on a record breaking run, recording the most consecutive wins in the history of the MLB.
They did so with a number of players written off by other teams, such as Scott Hatteberg, played by Chris Pratt in the film.
One comment on a Reddit thread about how realistic the film is summed up fans’ love of the film, saying: “[Moneyball] will remain in my mind the quintessential melding of the perfect baseball movie laid atop a well reenacted documentary, because it is all largely true.
“It's a movie that's better the tenth time you see it because you're picking up all the little hints and gestures you didn't see.
“The anticipation of the great scenes is all the sweeter.”
Moneyball is being taken off Netflix in the UK on June 20.
Topics: Netflix, Brad Pitt, Film, TV and Film
Michael Slavin