62%User score 62 percent
J. Edgar
2011 · Drama · Crime
User Score
327 votes
Based on the true story of Moe Berg
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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SierraKiloBravo
June 9, 2020
Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/zt13FFkDD1w Moe Berg was a professional baseball player who played for a number of teams as a backup catcher over his 16 year career. He also had a knack for languages and this led him to working for the Office of Strategic Services during the second world war. One of his missions during the war is the subject of the 2018 movie _The Catcher Was a Spy_. P…
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July 11, 2023
This should have been a better movie. There are complex characters, especially the titular spy that I am interested in learning more about, and an intriguing story set around World War 2. However, it fails to really deliver. The movie opens and closes with blocks of text giving an introduction and conclusion to the story, which sums up the disappointment; this should be part of the movie… The movie is filled with an…
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