7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Natural (1984)
The Natural (1984)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central narrative champions individual perseverance and moral integrity against corruption, ultimately restoring traditional American values and the purity of the sport, which aligns with right-leaning themes of individual responsibility and tradition.
The movie features a traditional cast, predominantly white and male, consistent with its historical setting. The narrative focuses on a classic hero's journey, celebrating traditional masculine themes without engaging with or critiquing traditional identities or incorporating DEI themes.
Secondary
The film employs strong Christian allegories of a fallen hero's redemption, divine intervention, and purity, framing these themes with reverence and aligning the narrative with virtues often associated with the faith. The narrative's arc and visual motifs evoke a sense of spiritual journey and grace.
The film "The Natural" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on heterosexual relationships and traditional gender roles within the context of a sports drama, resulting in no depiction of queer identity.
The film 'The Natural' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on a baseball player's career, with no elements that depict or allude to transgender identity. Therefore, the net impact on transsexual portrayal is N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Natural" is an adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel. All significant characters in the movie retain the same gender as established in the original source material. There are no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.
The film "The Natural" is an adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel. All major characters, including Roy Hobbs, Iris Gaines, and Memo Paris, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established depiction in the source material. No character's race was changed from the novel to the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
6.9
Critic Ratings
8.3
6.1
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