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The Babe (1992)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:5

Rotten:8

Average Rating:4.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Biography of baseball player George Herman "Babe" Ruth. "The Babe" begins with Ruth's days in a Baltimore boys' school where Brother Mathias takes Babe under his wing and teaches him to play... Biography of baseball player George Herman "Babe" Ruth. "The Babe" begins with Ruth's days in a Baltimore boys' school where Brother Mathias takes Babe under his wing and teaches him to play baseball. The film then follows him through his phenomenal career and chaotic personal life. [More]

Starring: John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner

Starring: John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner, Peter Donat, Richard Tyson

Director: Arthur Hiller

Director: Arthur Hiller

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Nick Barbaro
Austin Chronicle

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Chicago Sun-Times
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Not one of the best baseball biopics out there, but Goodman makes it fun.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

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07/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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06/02/05
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

A terrible bio-pic, almost as bad as William Bendix in The Babe Ruth Story; Goodman is all ham; inaccuracies abound; no real sense of the game is evident.

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05/01/03
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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06/25/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

The weakest baseball movie not to star Tom Selleck, Corbin Bersen, or a team of lovable black inner-city tots.

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07/14/04
Martin Scribbs
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05/21/03
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould
New York Times
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Charts the life and exploits of America's first real superstar athlete.

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07/18/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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01/08/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
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09/03/09
Variety
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Goodman as Babe Ruth has good moments.

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06/29/05
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Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

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02/22/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
 
 
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