6.9
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.
Robert Redford
Roy Hobbs
Robert Duvall
Max Mercy
Glenn Close
Iris Gaines
Kim Basinger
Memo Paris
Wilford Brimley
Pop Fisher
Barbara Hershey
Harriet Bird
Robert Prosky
The Judge
Richard Farnsworth
Red Blow
Joe Don Baker
The Whammer
Darren McGavin
Gus Sands
Michael Madsen
Bump Bailey
John Finnegan
Sam Simpson
Alan Fudge
Ed Hobbs
Ken Grassano
Al Fowler
Mike Starr
Boone
Mickey Treanor
Doc Dizzy
Jon Van Ness
John Olsen
Anthony J. Ferrara
Coach Wilson
George Wilkosz
Bobby Savoy
Paul Sullivan Jr
Young Roy
Rachel Hall
Young Iris
Sibby Sisti
Pirates Manager
Ralph Tabakin
Ali's Customer
Edward Walsh
Newsreel Presenter
Director
Barry Levinson
Novel
Bernard Malamud
Screenplay
Roger Towne
Screenplay
Phil Dusenberry
April 24, 2015
9
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 Farnsworth. Music is by Randy Newman and cinematography by Caleb Deschanel.
The Natural is a wistful sports movie, one that asks every person who views it to buy into the whimsy and mythologising on show. If able to do that then it's a film of beguiling beauty, awash with strength of the human spirit and of luscious technical credits. The Arthurian core to Roy Hobbs' (Redford a superb presence yet calmness personified) second chance ensures we always know this is fanciful stuff, but that's just fine, we are in Field of Dreams territory here and fans of such fare are rewarded royally. Period art design, photography and musical score are grade "A", snuggling up nicely with a support cast to Redford that is of high end proportions. If it's in you and you know what sort of film to expect, you may well, come the end, be punching the air whilst having a tear in your eye. Lovely film making. 8.5/10
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$28,000,000.00
Revenue:
$48,000,000.00