The Natural

Movie

1984

2h 17m

English

Drama

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7.6

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An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

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The Natural

Movie

1984

2h 17m

English

Drama

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An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

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Cast

Roy Hobbs

Max Mercy

Iris Gaines

Memo Paris

Pop Fisher

Harriet Bird

The Judge

Red Blow

The Whammer

Gus Sands

Bump Bailey

Sam Simpson

Ed Hobbs

Al Fowler

Boone

Doc Dizzy

John Olsen

Coach Wilson

Bobby Savoy

Young Roy

Young Iris

Pirates Manager

Ali's Customer

Newsreel Presenter

Directed By: Barry Levinson

Written By: Roger Towne (Screenplay), Bernard Malamud (Novel), + 1 more

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gahudnall-deleted-1490229630 says...

11 years ago

Great lesson on fidelity and loyalty. I loved the symbolic aspect of the entire movie - deep and academic almost.

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

one year ago

A twilight film about a price-tagged baseball player.

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TheLazyReviewer says...

9 months ago

Film 82 (Goal: 300) of 2024 Boy, I love sports movies. And The Natural is no exception. There's so many iconic moments in this film, that have been copied or reproduced into other media - things such as The Simpsons for example. And is there a better swell of music than the triumphant moments within The Natural. Robert Redford is fantastic as the kid with a dream, armed with natural talent and a hell of bat. The film has a great opening act but admittedly around act 2 it starts to get bogged down in repetition and Director Barry Levinson doesn't do enough to freshen up the palette of the film. However the last 10 minutes of the film, are some of the best put to screen that I can recall in some time. The drama, the music, the direction, the iconic imagery. Those last 10 minutes alone are perfect.

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davysgrey says...

4 years ago

Adequate I guess, but a lot was changed from the book. People who haven't read it would be confused I think.

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John Chard

6 years ago

The Wonder of Wonderboy.

The Natural is directed by Barry Levinson and adapted to screenplay by Roger Towne & Phil Dusenberry from the novel written by Bernard Malamud. It stars Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky and Richard F More

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CONTAINS SPOILERS5/10 6 years ago

It's hard to make a good sports movie and I know this movie is based off a book and all but that dosen't mean I have to like the way everything goes in the movie. I mean this movie was just to out of the ordinary but with a tone that said it wanted to be simple. {SPOILERS} I mean the dude ge More

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Peter M

4 years ago

Many, many years ago when I was a bit of a sports fan, I remember reading stories about scouts who had seen athletes in the olden days like Roy Hobbs. Players who could hit a ball a mile or throw a hundred mile per hour fastball, but who never made it to the big league for some reason. But of course More

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