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- The Catcher Was a Spy generates tension without a high body count or gruesome violence. But it's not Hitchcock-tight or thrilling; director Ben Lewin (The Sessions) wisely makes it more of an intriguing character study than getting into the nuts and bolts of spying.
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Jun 22, 2018 · A biographical drama about Moe Berg, a baseball player turned spy who was tasked with assassinating a German scientist during World War II. The film struggles to capture Berg's personality and motivations, and suffers from a lack of imagination and style.
Jun 21, 2018 · “The Catcher Was a Spy” is a character drama and an espionage thriller with a premise so peculiar that a fiction writer would be hard pressed to contrive it.
- Ben Lewin
33% Tomatometer 76 Reviews 52% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Major League Baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
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- Ben Lewin
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- Paul Rudd
Jun 20, 2018 · A well-made spy thriller based on a true story of a former baseball player who spied for the US during WWII. The review praises Paul Rudd's performance and the writing, but criticizes the portrayal of Berg's sexuality as a questionable liberty.
- Ben Lewin
- Michael Ordona
- Paul Rudd
Jan 31, 2018 · In 1944, the U.S. government asked a multilingual Jewish baseball player to travel through enemy lines in Italy, make his way to Zurich and assassinate the head of Germany’s atomic-bomb program ...
Jan 20, 2018 · Paul Rudd stars as a baseball player turned WW2 spy in this fact-based film that lacks credibility and urgency. Director Ben Lewin and screenwriter Robert Rodat fail to capture the drama and suspense of the true story of Moe Berg, who tried to stop the Nazis from building an atom bomb.
Jun 22, 2018 · A movie about a baseball player and spy who tried to assassinate a German physicist in World War II. The review praises the cast and the craft, but criticizes the lack of drama and definition in the story.
