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Dominican Rep. The Natural
5,160
Drama
Farm boy Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is the best baseball player anyone has ever seen. His bat, handmade from the wood of a tree felled by lightning following the death of his father, is magic in his hands. But before his career can start, the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey) inexplicably shoots him, sidelining him for more than a decade. Fifteen years later, Hobbs returns to play for the New York Knights, whose coach, Pop ... [+]
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"Being a baseball fan involves repeatedly experiencing exquisite pain and exquisite joy. Well, there's a lot of both in The Natural." | ||
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"There isn't a whisper of surprise in Redford's performance, and he's photographed looking like a wary, modest god, with enough backlighting and soft focus to make him incandescent even when he isn't doing a thing." | ||
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"The Natural is an impeccably made, but quite strange, fable about success and failure in America" | ||
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"An otherwise fine sports fantasy is dragged down by an overindulgence in sentimentality (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" | ||
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"The fairy-tale framework of the narrative is established so clearly and remains so cleverly sustained that the movie earns its right to romantic exaggerations." | ||
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"Though entertaining in short stretches, The Natural has no recognizable character of its own." |
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