Fresh
The Scout is the best comedy-fantasy about baseball ever made, which goes to show that if Hollywood keeps trying, eventually someone will get it right.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
The Scout
He was praying for a miracle. What he got was Steve Nebraska.
1994 · 1h 41m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Michael Ritchie
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The Scout
Overview
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.
Director and cast
- Michael Ritchie Director
- Albert Brooks as Al Percolo
- Brendan Fraser as Steve Nebraska
- Dianne Wiest as Doctor H. Aaron
- Anne Twomey as Jennifer
- Lane Smith as Ron Wilson
- Michael Rapaport as Tommy Lacy
- Barry Shabaka Henley as McDermott
- John Capodice as Caruso
- Art Garfield as Stan
- Louis Giovannetti as World Series Catcher
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even with the modest allure of Albert Brooks in what amounts to a mainstream effort, The Scout should get a quick trip to the showers.
Brian Lowry, Variety
Rotten
The Scout was directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Mr. Brooks and Monica Johnson from a script written by Andrew Bergman years ago. It's probably not all that valuable to wonder how so many talented people went so wrong.
Caryn James, New York Times
Rotten
Rarely does a movie start high and go downhill so fast. It's as if the filmmakers progressively lost their nerve with every additional scene.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
A genuine -- and immensely enjoyable -- curiosity.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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