An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
The Natural has generally received positive reviews.
Review of The Natural (1984)
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Review of The Natural (1984)
Review of The Natural (1984)
Review of The Natural (1984)
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The Natural was released in 1984 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 540 reviews, giving The Natural (1984) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 69%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Natural than critics were.
With a score of 73%, The Natural is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1984, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1984 with similar scores include films like The Karate Kid, Gremlins and A Passage to India.
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