The Scout is the best comedy-fantasy about baseball ever made, which goes to show that if Hollywood keeps trying, eventually someone will get it right.
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08/12/09
The Scout (1994)
15
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:3
Rotten:17
Average Rating:3.9/10
Synopsis: Director Michael Ritchie, famous for his contribution to the sports comedy genre with THE BAD NEWS BEARS, turns his attention to the world of professional baseball with this lighthearted romp.... [More]
Starring: Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest, Ron Wilson
Director: Michael Ritchie
Reviews for The Scout
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
An amusing comic premise, mixing baseball and psychiatry, gets lost along the way in a film that displays much evidence of post-production tampering.
08/12/09
Even with the modest allure of Albert Brooks in what amounts to a mainstream effort, The Scout should get a quick trip to the showers.
03/26/09
Top CriticNo review available.
06/24/06
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09/29/05
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09/26/05
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09/23/05
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02/11/04
Brooks is fun, nothing else in the movie is.
05/29/03
The Scout was directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Mr. Brooks and Monica Johnson from a script written by Andrew Bergman years ago. It's probably not all that valuable to wonder how so many talented people went so wrong.
05/20/03
Top CriticThis is the laziest piece of work in the fall big-screen lineup so far.
05/20/03
Having sat through many a Fraser film, I am constantly amazed that there is nothing this boy can't do. Well, except act his way out of a paper bag.
03/11/03
No review available.
11/27/02
No review available.
07/26/02
Baseball fans will hate The Scout because it makes a mockery of the game. Not quite as badly as Ed, which stars a monkey as the star pitcher, but close. Non-baseball fans will hate it because it’s not funny.
12/01/01
The Scout proves to be an unsatisfying single that should have been a home run.
01/01/00
A genuine -- and immensely enjoyable -- curiosity.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's been a long time since there's been a good baseball movie. The Scout makes you wonder if there's ever going to be one again.
01/01/00
Rarely does a movie start high and go downhill so fast. It's as if the filmmakers progressively lost their nerve with every additional scene.
01/01/00
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