Surrealistic.

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 1999)

The Natural is a very un-natural baseball film. It seems more a myth of great baseball players and the sometimes super human things that can be accomplished on the baseball field. Robert Redford is very good in the film and the rest of the cast was chosen well. I especially liked Richard Farnsworth and Wilford Brimley. The film isn't a true story, but treats itself with the respect of a great biography. Some will like it, others will be appalled by it. Either way, Randy Newman's score and Caleb Deschanel's cinematography are a good reason to tune in and enjoy this one of a kind baseball picture.