The Scout

1994

Action / Comedy / Drama / Sport

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 21% · 24 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 21% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 7293 7.3K

sports baseball pitcher father figure mentally ill

Plot summary

When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.

Director

Michael Ritchie Photo
Michael Ritchie

Top cast

Marcia Rodd Photo
Marcia Rodd as Mrs. Lacy
John Capodice Photo
John Capodice as Caruso
Tony Bennett Photo
Tony Bennett as Himself
J.K. Simmons Photo
J.K. Simmons as Assistant Coach
720p.BluRay
809.66 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by goya-4 5 / 10

this movie doesnt quite make the grade

Albert Brooks stars as a down on his luck desperate baseball scout who finds a golden arm (Brendan Fraser) while in Mexico. Unfortunately he is a little bit eccentric. Has some good bits dealing with the fish out of water plot but overall it doesnt build up any steam and just kind of fizzles itself away.. on a scale of one to ten.. 5
Reviewed by moviedude1 6 / 10

One from the mind of a child...

Sent on a route through the deepest parts of Mexico because of a big screw-up, New York Yankees talent scout, Brooks, finds the pitcher of the century in Fraser: a top-notch pitcher and a very good hitter, too. The only problem is that Fraser has the mind of a pre-adolescent teen, whose goals are simple, but his temper and emotional needs get in the way.The movie has a good premise, and the stars of the baseball diamond appear in many cameos (including Yankees mogul Steinbrenner) have a nice touch. The actors try to do a good job, but they just don't pull this movie off. There is no "believability" to it! I just don't buy it!The only good scene where Fraser demonstrates his child-like anger is when he tells the photographer to, "stop taking pictures of me...weren't the first thirty-four enough?" His emotional attachment to Brooks is found early on, but the therapist's theory of "possible homocidal tendencies" towards Brooks is not brought out enough in the movie. There is no substance to this film. If you're a Fraser fan, you might enjoy this film, but I found little else of any value and no credibility in this film.
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