When you look at the big picture, at stories like the breakthrough of the San Felipe Mustangs, films like The Long Game become treasured archives. Noble missions. A reason to watch.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 17, 2024

Winner of an audience award at the 2023 SXSW film fest, “The Long Game” is an utterly predictable yet thoroughly engaging period drama.

Full Review | Apr 13, 2024

Appealingly told with sincerity and taste.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 12, 2024

While a more ambitious film might have used its tropes to leverage this tale into a richer account of Latino assimilation, this one is simply content to let its characters win on somebody else’s terms.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 8, 2024

[The Long Game] transcends its clichés by being true to its characters and artistic in its approach.

| Mar 18, 2023

Could have used more topspin, but a winning round nonetheless.

| Mar 14, 2023

If the palpable camaraderie is the bones of the story, the poignant and realistic dialogue is the film’s heartbeat.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 14, 2023