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That it works is down to a smart script and a committed performance from Brad Pitt as the cash-poor boss Billy Beane. When Beane loses three players, he takes the advice of Jonah Hill's numbers genius, who devises a revolutionary player-selection system based on a statistical analysis of each player's skills. Inevitably, the pair come up against grizzled coaches who don't like change. Oddly gripping stuff.
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