Review of The Natural (1984) by David Ansen for Newsweek — 20 Jan 1989
Why didn't they make a baseball picture? Why did The Natural have to be turned into idolatry on behalf of Robert Redford? Why did a perfectly good story, filled with interesting people, have to be made into one man's ascension to the godlike, especially when no effort is made to give that ascension meaning?
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This review of The Natural (1984) was written by David Ansen and published by Newsweek on 20 Jan 1989.
The Natural has generally received positive reviews.
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