Greatest sports themed movie ever

Rating: 9/10 (9 January 2007)

You don't have to like baseball to like this movie. The fact that the majority of it takes place in the 1930s should keep it a timeless classic.
Redford gives a fantastic performance as "The Natural." He is a man who has a natural gift who would have been the greatest baseball player of all time.
He makes mistakes and life throws his a curve ball that almost kills him and ruins his chances of playing baseball.
Fifteen years later a middle aged wonder joins the New York Knights to help the Knights in a Cinderella season Questions of Hobbs (Redford) background begin to surface, a crooked bookie tries to ruin his career, and a love story entangle him while playing the game could kill him.
Hobbs shows true character and doesn't let the corruption overtake him. He plays the game for the love of the game. Yes, he has some self pity and regrets but he overcomes the odd as the leagues oldest rookie.
I don't see how a sports movie can get much better than this. As in most great sports movies (i.e. Rocky) the sport is just to move the plot forward. The movie is about dreams, aspirations, and overcoming odds.
This is a great movie to watch if you have never seen it an quite worth the rental or purchase if you have not seen it in aw while.
This deserves a 9/10 as it is nearly a perfect movie.