Entertaining baseball movie

Rating: 8/10 (10 March 2015)

Entertaining baseball movie.
Details the rise and fall and rise of a naturally gifted player, Roy Hobbs (played by Robert Redford). Full of heart, sentimentality and great baseball action.
Interesting plot, thought not entirely convincing or watertight. Relies more on sentimentality (though not overdone or overly sugary), emotion and character-depth than on being 100% plausible.
Solid performance in the lead role from Robert Redford. Good support from Wilford Brimley, Glenn Close (who received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination), Robert Duvall and Kim Bassinger.