ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

mcgwire-3 This movie is just a shame. There are a lot of people who think Ruth is the greatest player of all time and were just waiting for a decent biographical movie to come out about the Babe. This was just a let down. Tons of factual errors, bad choice of actor, you name it.Ruth was definitely heavy but listed at 6'2" and 220lbs. Some say maybe 250lbs later, but Goodman is much heavier and not very athletic looking. Ruth stole home 10 times in his career, he ran well for a big man. Maybe more like a Prince Fielder type of guy. He did so many awesome feats, why lie and embellish them? This movie rarely made mention to his pitching prowess which got him his start in Boston. He did not hit many home runs early on. He did not hit any in his last game which was in Phila. five days after the 3 homer game in Pitts. Little Johnny did not return the ball he signed, in fact it was auctioned several years ago. He did not hit an infield home run. In 1927 Gehrig did not have 14 home runs before Ruth hit his first! In fact when Gehrig had 14 Ruth had 18! I could go on and on with errors. Why not just get it right? The guy was still a legend!

Dave M Some have said this film ruins Ruth, yet I strongly disagree. The storyline never gets specific enough to detail his multiple infractions. Instead, it is like the candy-version done in the 50s with far better script, sets, and actors. It's a great period piece with Goodman in charge, at the helm.Goodman nailed it, and the script fully benefited Ruth's legacy. For anybody to claim this script belittled Ruth never read a decent book on same.In comparison, the full truth could only harm a great man like Ruth.Ruth was a complicated bastard of a man. Hollywood cannot portray him honestly, nor anybody else. Why complain about Hollywood when you all seem inextricably intertwined with the pile of x it is?

mjprigge I found this movie to be appallingly bad. The actually story of Babe Ruth is fascinating, but the movie treats him as the same caricature that popular memory has created. Goodman's portrayal is shallow and treads on parody. He does manage to copy the voice of the Babe fairly well, but that only picks up about an hour into the film. Facts are disregarded throughout the story and confusing leaps through time distort his career.Not for baseball fans, not for history fans, not for movie fans. The only people who might enjoy this are Red Sox fans, as the whole two hours does a great injustice to the most famous Yankee of them all.

djbell1 My wife watched this film with me for the first time after I had seen it a couple of times. She had some good questions, including what the Babe did after his retirement from Baseball in 1935 up to his death in 1948. The end credits mention he never managed in Baseball. I really find it hard to believe that someone in Major League Baseball, if not the Yankees, would not have hired the Babe to manage. The film seemed to display an overall sentiment that Baseball was not very kind to Ruth. The attitude of the owner of the club in their meeting toward the end of the movie is unbelievable. How could he have turned against someone who probably helped make him wealthy? You would think he would have offered him something in the organization if he truly did not believe he was management material.Anyway, I thought the film was adequate and probably captured the spirit of the man he was on and off the field. John Goodman did a good job in his leading role. Although he did seem overweight, in some of the scenes he bore a striking resemblance to the Babe in the photos and film I have seen.