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Plot Summary
Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty star in this superbly crafted film about the unlikely friendship between two baseball players. Moriarty plays the team's ace pitcher and social charmer; De Niro is the catcher, a farm boy from Georgia who lacks all of Moriarty's sophistication. He is also dying. During their last season together on a team fraught with bickering and infighting, the two men grow into manhood and respect for themselves and each other. Bang the Drum Slowly is moving without being sentimental and is filled with tenderness, humor, honesty and brilliant acting.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
88%- Reviews Counted: 26
- Fresh: 23
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 7.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: It is one of those rare instances in which close adaptation of a good book has resulted in possibly an even better movie.
Fresh: A funny, gentle and honestly sentimental movie that is easily one of the best of the year in any category, and very possibly the best movie about sport ever made in this country.
Fresh: Never before has a movie considered the game from the inside out.
Fresh: The material is trite, but Hancock's slow-motion treatment of the experience of athletic performance is adroit and graceful.
Customer Reviews
BORING
I sure was expecting more, especially with the reviews. This was a total waste of 4 bucks, to say nothing of the time I spent watching it. I kept hoping it would get better. Definitely not one of DeNiro’s better movies. Count me out next time. Oh yeah, there WON’T be a next time.
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- $14.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 1973
- © 1973 By Paramount Pictures Corp. All Rights Reserved.