It was interesting but got a little tedious. Watch if there's nothing else on.

Loved this film for reasons mostly not mentioned: it's calm, loving depiction of quintissential "New York" from a bygone era of pay phones, random run ins, chatty/friendly cabbies, neighborhood barbershops and un-tarnished baseball (read pre-steroids and prima donnas).

Sorry, no home run here. More boring than a slow baseball game. "Lost games; lost dreams;" ... lost time... haha

Sort of a proto-Birdman. It just barley does not work because of the weak script.

It's pretty good, ya know? I like Keaton a lot. He's a fine actor, often truly special. He's a master of the physical act of a wave of the hand, a shake of the head, but mostly his facial gestures express so much without a word. And he's on his game in this one. It's what I call a 'small film' to a degree, despite the setting and outré feel at times. Griffin Dunne's character seems rather unnecessary, and annoying. Nice to see Bebe Neuwirth all hot n' bothered in next to nothing. Downey's acting was a throwback to early 90's Downey. Harlow, O'Hara & Yulin are all strong here (there are no small parts, just small people: anon?). Don't go and put it on some 'must see' list. But if you come across it on cable or streaming some night, maybe pullover for a while, let the engine cool, and give this a whirl. 3.1 stars

Game 6 is a movie about a playwright who is stressing out that a critic will give him a bad review and simultaneously nervous that the Red Sox will lose the 1986 World Series. No, wait, he’s not worried about the entire series yet, just Game 6?? It’s such a poor premise built strictly around the hindsight of knowing how the Red Sox self-destructed in that specific game. They even cop out with the main characters at the end just saying “Well, that means they’ll lose Game 7 too.” The most frustrating thing about Game 6 is that it is so indescribably BORING! I fell asleep 3 times while watching and had to rewind to find that I missed nothing. It should be a crime for a movie to be able to take funny and charming actors like Michael Keaton and Robert Downey, Jr. and turn them into such lifeless characters. They are clearly having no fun, and they don’t even bring sarcasm or humor to these downtrodden people. They are depressing to watch. I’m not sure what the point was of Game 6, but they failed at whatever they were trying. The film is almost unwatchable.

Despite the presence of future Oscar nominee Michael Keaton, I found this indie to be painfully boring. The short 83 minute running time felt twice as long.

A playwright is plagued with conflicting emotions when his new work is about to be reviewed by a notoriously harsh critic, and his favorite baseball team may win the world series after many years. Granted, Keaton's performance is excellent, but overall the film wanders around looking for allegory and symbolism, but ultimately strikes out.

Got to love a bargain box I find this movie never herd of it but I've always been a big Michael Keaton fan so I bought it and loved it this is a low budget movie about a Keaton plays play writer in new York the night of his play is the nite of the 1986 game of world series this movie is funny and a very good arthouse flick Michael Keaton still has his mojo !!

BORING / SLOW AS MOLASSES

Against the backdrop of the 1986 Red Sox-Mets World Series Game 6, a playwright worries about a critic's review of his play. A great idea so this should have been much better. Sadly, it was not.

Not your average sports film or comedy!

Great cast make the most of a contrived and bizarre story.

Wasn't bad, wasn't great. Decent movie.

Forgot that Don DeLillo wrote this script. A little neat, at times, in its symbolism ("this could be it"), but engaging. One of Michael Keaton's best. Great pleasure to see some of these faces in a movie this small: O'Hara, Downey Jr.

Nicky Rogan: I coulda been happy. I coulda been a Yankees fan.  "It's opening night... Let the games begin." I really wish I would have liked Game 6 more. I like the story. A writer has a new play coming out, that is supposed to be his best work. Everyone is informing him that a tough critic is going to tear his play apart and this begins to worry him. As that is going on it's also the night game 6 of the 1986 World Series is being played(most remembered for Buckner's less than impressive play). Nicky is a Red Sox fan, but doesn't hold out to much hope for the Red Sox winning the World Series.  What seems like a really cool story turns out to not make a great movie. At least in the hands of Michael Hoffman. As much as I wanted to like the movie; nothing in the actual movie was able to allow me to like it. The cast is fine with some pretty big names like Keaton, O'Hara and Downey Jr, but the movie has many flaws and the actors aren't able to make the movie anything special.  All in all Game 6 is a pretty joyless experience. It's also very disappointing because I believe it could have been so much more.

Great performance from Michael Keaton and the 80's New York looks pitch-perfect. The only problem with this comedy is that it's not particularly funny.

Very disappointing. Annoyingly pretentious with the "Red Sox/Baseball as metaphor for life". Also, there were factual inconsistencies that cost credibility. Game 6 was on a Saturday, but the story played out as if it was a weekday (kids in school, etc.). If you're basing an entire film on a historical event, the basic facts should be accurate. Also, why was Michael Keaton a Red Sox fan? His character grew up in New York! The film never explains why the Red Sox were so important to him. The Robert Downey Jr. character was incredibly annoying. He is supposedly this mysterious character who sneaks into plays to review them, yet his "disguise" make him look like one of the Thompson Twins?! Lastly - why were the Mets fans in the bar chanting "Hendu, Hendu"? He was a Red Sox player!!!

Until yesterday when this movie appeared on Encore, I had never heard of it. Great movie! Good story, good actors, good acting. Lots of suspense. The characters of Keaton and Downey were slowly revealed through their experiences, behavior, expressions, body language and through great writing. Both the way suspense was added where you wouldn't expect it and its execution were brilliantly accomplished. Michael Keaton has been one of my favorites since Mr. Mom. I have always considered Robert Downey, Jr. an extremely talented and versatile actor. This movie could have been half an hour longer, and it would've been just another movie trying to create characters you care about, but were forced to sit through a lot of blah, blah, blah to get there. This movie was tight at 90 minutes. Thank you, editor! God, it was just so damn good!

Game 6 is one of those movies like The Ice Storm, where the title is a metaphor for everything that happens, and every single thing that happens is a metaphor for the "ordinary" life that the main character leads. So when all is said and done, the movie is uninteresting and lacks depth. The performances are good, especially considering the material the actors have to work with.