The Babe | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

While Goodman renders a portrait of Babe Ruth that in some ways is bigger than the Bambino himself, the film fails to arouse the imagination of its audience the way the ballplayer thrilled his more than 60 years ago.

An honestly unheroic view of a hero, with a grand-slam performance by John Goodman.

It's a movie with a heart as big as the Babe's and a story line as untidy as his eating binges.

John Goodman perfectly captures the hero's commitment, enthusiasm, insecurity and weaknesses, and helps distract from the fact that the film is episodic, not cinematic.

Goodman was born to play this role, but John Fusco was not born to write this screenplay, and Arthur Hiller was not born to direct this movie.