The Babe

i didnt see this movie originally because i thought it would be dopey and i dont like john goodman... but today i caught it on cable, and i was surprised that i found it to be a darn good movie! well... Full review

OK you lot, just what is wrong with this film, I know I'm a limey mofo so my baseball appreciation is not on a par with many Americans, I mean I follow the Cleveland Indians purely because of the film... Full review

OK you lot, just what is wrong with this film, I know I'm a limey mofo so my baseball appreciation is not on a par with many Americans, I mean I follow the Cleveland Indians purely because of the film Major... Full review

1st watched 5/15/2007 - 7 out of 10(Dir-Arthur Hiller): Well done depiction of baseball hero Babe Ruth with perfectly cast John Goodman in the title role who plays him with just the right amount of jollyness with the unexpected shows of... Full review

This is what modern-day Hollywood does to most icons, to most of our "heroes." It, generally speaking, trashes them, emphasizing the bad in their lives over the good.While the 1948 Babe Ruth Story way over-sugarcoated Ruth's story, this new version... Full review

There could have been more baseball footage. We all know how much of a drunkes mess The Babe was, but they didn't have to primarily focus on that. He was known as a BASEBALL PLAYER, not an abusive drunk. 3 stars... Full review

Why can't they tell an accurate story? For example, Helen Ruth died in January 1929. Babe remarried in April, 1929. The movie tells us that Babe remarried sometime before 1927, and that Helen died on Thanksgiving of 1933. Get it right!!!!!... Full review

This is a must see movie its very emotional and funny and sad its a must see family movie you could watch this movie over and over again... Full review

But this movie was awesome! John Goodman was excellent in his portrayal of Babe Ruth. Of course, Bruce Boxleitner was a doll (as usual)... But overall, it was great and I enjoyed every minute of it.... Full review

I loved this movie and I'm not even a real baseball fan. I love the historical references and how Hollywood has added its own enticing clips to the film. It is sucha tragic movie and I almost seem proud but it... Full review

The Babe" is shamelessly overblown and sentimental. Worse, Hiller and screenwriter/producer John Fusco ("Crossroads," the current "Thunderheart") have chosen an episodic film style that leaves the film's many supporting characters with little to do - and what they do have is often banal. ... Full Review

Babe's first wife, played by Trini Alvarado , is a nice girl who finally can't stand the reports of Babe's raids on the brothels and his demands for three girls at a time. Say this movie is all a lie, and that you were indeed a glorious American hero, the grandest of all the boys of summer, and that it was great fun, at least sometimes, to be the most famous baseball hero of all time. ... Full Review

Alyssa Stein came to HalloweenMart in search of an Indiana Jones costume. After 15 minutes of hunting through the top seller of Halloween costumes in the country, the 18-year-old UNLV student's shopping basket holds nothing but a single hot pink... ... Full Article

Few men in our time have had more chances to observe the world's wicked ways than Mr. John Lennon, one of the Beatles. When this quartet was on its run, there was nothing like it. ... Full Article

In his golden, sonorous voice, Boston Latin School's beloved classics teacher, Constantine Jameson, would swoop around his classroom quoting Homer, Cicero, or any of a roster of ancient Greeks and Romans to his classes of teenage boys. ... Full Article

ADVERTISEMENT Our smiles and eyes met for longer than a mere random encounter as she walked past. Then I noticed my reflection in the mirror along the wall and saw who she was smiling at. ... Full Article

It tidies up Babe Ruth's more disreputable adventures and gives him a heart of gold besides. Yet on its own genially sweet terms, The Babe is charming -- it's a PG-rated, fairy-tale ''Raging Bull.'' The movie understands the rich comedy... ... Full Article

In "The Babe," John Goodman doesn't just fill Babe Ruth's larger-than- life shoes, he splits them at the seams. Heavier than the real baseball player after a steak-and-beer binge, Goodman's big in every other department, too -- too big, in... ... Full Article