You don't have to understand baseball to appreciate this one, which is probably just as well.
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05/24/03
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:4
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: Bang the Drum Slowly is a touching melodrama that explores the inner workings of a baseball club and its players’ personalities with remarkable depth.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Robert De Niro stars as Bruce Pearson, a baseball player stricken with Hodgkin's disease. During his illness, he befriends the team's star pitcher Henry Wiggin (Michael Moriarty), who not only... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster
Director: John Hancock
Reviews for Bang the Drum Slowly
1 - 4 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticA funny, gentle and honestly sentimental movie that is easily one of the best of the year in any category, and very possibly the best movie about sport ever made in this country.
08/03/08
Top CriticNever before has a movie considered the game from the inside out.
10/23/04
Top CriticIt is one of those rare instances in which close adaptation of a good book has resulted in possibly an even better movie.
05/21/03
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