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Albert Brooks, Anne Twomey, Brendan Fraser

Like the millions of fans who endured the St. Louis Cardinals' disappointing 1998 baseball season to watch the heroics of Mark McGwire, so will Albert Brooks devotees thrill to their comedy god steppi...( read more  read more... )ng up to the plate in a rare starring role in a film he did not direct and knocking it, if not quite out of the park, then certainly to deep center field.

Brooks, sporting a paunch and a beat-up straw hat, stars as Al Percolo, a disheveled, down-but-not-out New York Yankees scout. His latest sensation, a high school phenom, blows his Yankee stadium debut after he unceremoniously throws up on the mound. Al is not fired, but instead banished to the backwaters of Mexico, where he discovers his own Babe Ruth and ticket back to the majors: local sensation Steve Nebraska, who has a 100 m.p.h. fastball and a titanic swing. As winningly played by Brendan Fraser, he is also an incredible screwball, part Encino Man and part George of the Jungle

The Yankees are willing to pay the outrageous salary of $55 million (those were the days!) for him. But first he must get a clean bill of mental health. That won't be easy for a guy prone to throw dinnerware at the press. In a scene that recalls Brooks's increasingly desperate lobbying to get casino owner Garry Marshall to return the nest egg his wife squandered in Lost in America, Brooks strikes out in his attempts to get Steve's psychiatrist, Dr. H. Aaron (Dianne Wiest), to rubber-stamp the case. As Al becomes a surrogate father to the troubled youth, Dr. Aaron uncovers dark secrets from his past.

While perhaps not in the same league as Bull Durham, The Scout will be a hit with everyone who loves baseball and Brooks (not to mention Brendan). --Donald Liebenson

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PG-13, 101 min.

Directed by: Michael Ritchie

Release Date: September 30, 1994

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DVD Release Date: October 2, 2001

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  • QueenCityFilms
    July 8, 2008
    QueenCityFilms
    "THE SCOUT is the best comedy-fantasy about baseball ever made..." - the vhs cover.

    REALLY? I mean...the competition is just SO ENORMOUS for that category
  • sanjurosamurai
    November 23, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    really good sports flick
  • doctordoom
    November 5, 2009
    doctordoom
    This is a decent comedy about a New York Yankees baseball scout who finds a great young pitcher. The film stars Albert Brooks as the scout and Brendan Fraser as the prospect. The film has a solid story and supporting cast. I enjoyed it. If your a baseball or sports movie fan then...( read more) I would suggest checking this film out.
  • dukeakasmudge
    October 18, 2009
    dukeakasmudge
    Something to watch if nothing else is on
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 8, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my thing
  • AndySitzerFan
    June 5, 2008
    AndySitzerFan
    Eh. Decent sports flick...
  • RuthieGreenGirl
    April 7, 2008
    RuthieGreenGirl
    I didn't get very far with it
  • MECreviews
    March 21, 2008
    MECreviews
    This movie is ok. Nothing that spectacular though.
  • supdawg1985
    March 13, 2008
    supdawg1985
    A movie like one of those fantasies you'd have as a kid playing in your yard. "81 pitches! All Strikes! The Yankees win!" VERY far-fetched but pretty funny.

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