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The Natural
Based on Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel, this is a wistful and often memorable look at the world of baseball by Diner and Rain Man director Barry Levinson. Robert Redford is at his beautiful best as the player who experiences the highs and lows of the game, and of relationships. (This is one of the many American movies that equates their national sport with the biggest ball game of all — life.) This is more Field of Dreams than Bull Durham: baseball here is seen as something magical — Redford has a mystical bat named "Wonderboy", which he fashioned from a tree struck by lightning — rather than merely a sport. If you can suspend disbelief and let yourself be drawn into the movie, you'll be rewarded with an emotional and heart-warming experience that will have you cheering.
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