Review of The Natural (1984) by Scott Tobias for The A.V. Club — 14 Mar 2017
It would be a gigantic understatement to say that Barry Levinson's 1984 film version compromises the original ending, given that it concludes with perhaps the most spectacularly triumphant swing in movie history.
And yet as much as it betrays the tragic underpinnings of Malamud's story, the phony ending remains the film's most powerful sequence, earning an ironic place in baseball's iconography.
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This review of The Natural (1984) was written by Scott Tobias and published by The A.V. Club on 14 Mar 2017.
The Natural has generally received positive reviews.
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