chance to be funny, not by wisecracking broadly but by underreacting". In a mixed review written for Slant Magazine, Bill Weber praised Pitt's performance, but found the film formulaic, stating "But true to Hollywood’s tireless efforts to fit square-peg material into roundish genre niches, this wavering, intermittently smart story of daring to think differently flattens its narrative into formula". Weber also felt the audience would endure "tonal whiplash", pointing to the scene of Beane and Brand executing various trades he felt was "played for Laughs", but found "the rhythm isn’t snappy enough to draw laughs". Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle found the film to be filled with compromises, writing "Someone crammed Major League-style sports cliches into a more nuanced story about baseball and progress - and then tried to fit a Brad Pitt star vehicle inside of that. The result is an interesting but frustrating near-miss". Hartlaub also criticized the film's runtime. Accolades Moneyball received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Pitt), Best Supporting Actor (Hill), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. At the 69th Golden Globe Awards, the film received four nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Pitt), Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Hill) and Best Screenplay. References External links 2011 films 2011 biographical drama films 2011 drama films 2010s sports drama films American baseball films American biographical films American business films Baseball statistics Columbia Pictures films Films based on biographies Films based on non-fiction books Films directed by Bennett Miller Films produced by Brad Pitt Films produced by Michael De Luca Films scored by Mychael Danna Films set in 2002 Films set in Boston Films set in the San Francisco Bay Area Films set in Cleveland Films shot in Oakland, California Oakland Athletics Films with screenplays by Aaron Sorkin Films with screenplays by Steven Zaillian Sports films based on actual events American sports drama films Films based on works by Michael Lewis 2010s English-language films 2010s American films Films about Major League Baseball