A common theme not only in baseball movies, but to more extent, in life. ... In both the novel and the film Roy Hobbs has something to prove, he wants to be the best that there ever was in baseball. ... The film like the novel romanticizes everything about the game of baseball, even the darker aspects gambling, temptation, corruption. ... In the film version Levinson again allows redemption and allows for the mythical status of the greatest baseball player that ever was with a hit that shatters clocks, collides with a lightning bolt, or knocks out the lights with a fireworks display...

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