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The Natural
He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.
He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.
Drama - 1984
The Natural
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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.
Director:
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Barry Levinson
Cast:
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Kim Basinger
,
Glenn Close
,
Robert Duvall
,
Robert Redford
,
Richard Farnsworth
,
Robert Prosky
,
Joe Don Baker
,
Barbara Hershey
,
Wilford Brimley

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Details

Runtime:
137 min
Release date:
11 May 1984
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$28,000,000
Revenue:
$48,000,000
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 3 wins & 9 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Being a baseball fan involves repeatedly experiencing exquisite pain and exquisite joy. Well, there's a lot of both in The Natural.
– Gene Siskel,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar 2013
fresh:
Levinson must have felt he had to swing for the fences. He can be forgiven for choking up with all The Natural's fans looking on dubiously. In fairness, the official scorer must credit him with a single. And Redford with an RBI.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
21 Mar 2011
fresh:
The Natural is an impeccably made, but quite strange, fable about success and failure in America.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
21 Mar 2007
rotten:
I've just about had it with directors who use the mythic mode as an alibi for unshaded characterizations, simpleminded plotting, and swells of artificial emotionality.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
21 Mar 2007
rotten:
The message is: Baseball is purely and simply a matter of divine intervention. At about the 130-minute mark, I got the idea that God's only begotten son was playing right field for the New York team.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
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