

The Natural
He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.
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.
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6.9/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $28M
- Box office
- $48M
- Language
- English
- corruption
- sports
- baseball
- attempted murder
- talent
- redemption
- child prodigy
- femme fatale
- lightning bolt
- hdd
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG11 May 1984
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG11 May 1984
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalBlu-ray6 Apr 2010
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG20 Sept 1984
CanadaCA
- Theatrical11 May 1984
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical28 Jun 1984
BrazilBR
- Theatrical29 Mar 1985
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical1 Nov 1984
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical12 Oct 1984
FinlandFI
- Theatrical31 Aug 1984
FranceFR
- PremiereDeauville Film Festival1 Sept 1984
- TheatricalU19 Sept 1984
GermanyDE
- Theatrical6West Germany12 Oct 1984
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The Natural was released on 11 May 1984.
Audience reviews
3- J8.5/10
John Chard
4/24/2015
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…
- P7/10
Peter McGinn
9/19/2020
Many, many years ago when I was a bit of a sports fan, I remember reading stories about scouts who had seen athletes in the olden days like Roy Hobbs. Players who could hit a ball a mile or throw a hundred mile per hour fastball, but who never made it to the big league for some reason. But of course, this movie is based on a novel by Bernard Malamud, though there are hints of actual events here and there. It is an…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/20/2026
If you ever saw how Josef von Sternberg photographed Marlene Dietrich then you'll appreciate a similar style of camera adulation from Barry Levinson with Robert Redford in this touching adaptation of Bernard Malamud's complex and characterful novel. Every opportunity is taken to glisten the sunlight through his blond locks to create an almost halo-like effect as his "Hobbs" picks up a very special baseball bat and he…
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