This had some good moments, and a good message about always trying to find the next angle. Ultimately, we do get to see enough of the back story of Billy Beane to make sense out of his character.
But, I would have liked to know more about the Bean Counter (the Jonah Hill character – Peter Brand), he’s the one who really made the system work; Billy Beane just gave him a shot because he was desperate. Who was this kid? Why was he working in the bowels of the Cleveland Indians office? did he have any friends? family? Passions? Feelings? He just kind of stood around like none of that mattered. No knock on Jonah Hill, who I thought did a fine job, but I thought the script really short-changed his character.