The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018 "Based on the true story of Moe Berg"
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy

6.2 | 1h34m | R | en | Drama

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

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6.2 | 1h34m | R | en | Drama , Thriller , War | More Info
Released: June. 22,2018 | Released Producted By: Animus Films , PalmStar Media Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-catcher-was-a-spy
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Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

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Cast

Paul Rudd , Mark Strong , Sienna Miller

Director

Radek Hanák

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Animus Films , PalmStar Media

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jasonyoungcebu Good actors, good locations, good production. But needed more thrill in the script. And still doesn't really explain much of this person.
zif ofoz But unfortunately it's presented in a boring movie!Actually this film is worth watching for the story/plot but it never reaches the level of entertaining until the last 15 or 20 minutes. If you bother to watch this movie you will understand.Possibly miscast with Paul Rudd as "Moe Berg" may be the problem here. There is more needed character development missing. In my mind I think Rudd could have given this character more substance with a better script. But sadly this is missing!
grobertjones This film centers on the life of Moe Berg (a Red Sox catcher) who volunteers as an OSS (now CIA) agent. His objective is to thwart the Nazi's from developing an atomic bond. It's a good film that will remind many viewers of movies from the 60s. There is no CGI, and you won't mistake it for an action thriller.The movies is based on actual events and is primarily an character film with an outstanding cast...a movie unlike many produced today. It shows a world of spies that is less glamorous than Bond or similar films. The Catcher Was a Spy probably won't appeal to a young audience. It is an adult film. If you enjoy films from the golden age of Hollywood, this is a film for you.
Koustubh Bhattacharya What comes to mind when we talk about a spy films? Something like Mission Impossible, James Bond or a little different ones like Salt, Red Sparrow and so on... ?Well there is a basic difference between spy fiction and the reality of spy trade-craft. Although the most exciting of the spy thrillers try to capture some of the elements of real world spying but those are mostly technical aspects which are adopted to give these movies a certain credibility; to make them believable to some extent. Spy biopics like 'The Catcher Was a Spy' are different from these spy action thrillers because the titular characters are not out there to perform stunts. They are out there to gather real and sensitive information. Information which could decide the fate of a real war and a real man's life. The thrill in this movie comes from the grand scope of the mission and the conversely understated actions of a spy so as to avoid all attention. There are no guns blazing here. This is Paul Rudd's classic regular guy performances at it's best. The real life Moe Berg was an anomaly. A sportsman with unexceptional career but a genius mind of sorts. Quite simply a good candidate for a spy in second world war but not of much use afterwards. If you are watching this movie for the spy thrills then you might be disappointed. However, if you want to get a glimpse of what an American spy must have found out after talking to people like Werner Heisenberg about the nuclear weapons program of Nazi Germany, then it might be worth it.I can compare 'The Catcher was a Spy' to a bit more contemporary spy biopic like 'Snowden'. Although completely different in tone and nature, both these spy biopics have something in common. They are about getting to know the mind of the person. Both these movies try to bring out the inner complexities of these people who are quite literally doing a job that demands them to be secretive, deceptive and yet charming.