Rating  - The Ultimate Sports Fantasy Movie
This is THE classic sports-Walter Mitty-fantasy movie, with an ending that may seem corny to cynical critics or those who prefer the book, but was perfect for me and a lot of other people.
Granted, I am a little biased in my review since the movie was made in the area in which grew up. Having made many trips to the ballpark in which the movie was filmed, and to the old-fashioned soda shoppe where Robert Redford and Glenn Close re-unite, this movie was special to all of us in Western New York. I
I think I would have loved this movie regardless of the "home-field advantage." It's an interesting, involving story that has you really rooting for Redford's character. To have actors like Close, Robert Duvall, Richard Farnsworth, Kim Basinger, Wilfred Brimley, Darren McGavin, Barabara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Joe Don Baker and others in the "lineup" doesn't hurt, either!
The cinematography is beautiful, too. That was something I never really appreciated until after several viewings. There are some wonderfully subdued brown and golden hues in here. This is very pretty motion picture.
All the characters - the good and the bad, and there are plenty of both - are fascinating. It's also nice to see an actor in a baseball film that actually knows how to throw, hit and field a baseball. This is a great, old-fashioned storytelling.
Rating  - Hard to find anything good to say about this movie.
I am absolutely baffled by all the positive reviews for this film. I can't even count all the things I dislike about it, but I'll list a few:
1. Redford is way too old for his role.
2. Ditto Glenn Close. And not nearly attractive enough, either.
3. How did Roy go from being a prodigy of a pitcher as a teen to being a prodigious power hitter later?
4. The mythic hits by Roy are ludicrous. How in the heck can you hit a foul tip harder than anyone else, so that it shatters a pressbox window? And the climactic homer near the end -- what's with the broken lights raining sparks for what seems like 10 minutes? Not to mention the fact that the sparks shower down on the basepaths, which are about 300 feet away from the lights.
5. The "home run music" was okay. Just okay, not so great that it has to be used over and over, ad nauseam, at half the ballparks in the country.
Very, very mediocre film, at best. Again, I just don't understand why people rave about it.
Rating  - A Feel Good Classic!
This is the kind of movie to watch whenever you're feeling a little depressed. It has the ability to lift anyone emotionally throughout. The soundtrack was especially uplifting at the final ballpark scene. Robert Redford was exceptional in his role. A keeper for any collection.
Rating - Will make a football player want to play baseball (ok, maybe I'm exagerating a bit...)
This movie is great.
If you want a motivational movie, this one is it.
It makes you want to 'tackle' all your obstacles after you see it.
Music is great (some might find it cheesy... but only if you're the type to not let a movie absorb you).
Great story and like my title said, it makes you want to play baseball.
If you like movies like this, you'd like Remember the Titans also, that's a pick up movie also.
Rudy's a good sport movie also but it's not the type that would really make you want to play, that one's more of the 'good story' type, not a pick u up movie.
Worth buying, you'll like it every time you watch it.
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