Bloated, sickeningly sappy, over-rated. Nice effort but fails on many levels.

Rating: 5/10 (27 July 2007)

Yet another feel good sports movie. Overwrought and too full of itself to be meaningful. Over-rated.
Worthy on effort, but realization falls short.
Much better sports movie and specifically baseball themed is "Bang the Drum Slowly" Much better performances, that don't try so hard to melodramatic.
Robert DeNiro in a under-rated performance that seems quite genuine and very believable.
the Natural is quite artificial, and not worthy of the heaping of praise it receives.