Rookie of the Year
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in that arm heals too tightly, allowing Henry to throw pitches that are as fast as 103 mph. Henry is spotted at nearby Wrigley Field by Larry "Fish" Fisher, the general manager of the struggling Chicago Cubs, after Henry throws an opponent's home-run ball all the way from the outfield bleachers back to the catcher, and it seems that Henry may be the pitcher that team owner Bob Carson has been praying for.
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- Cast：
- Thomas Ian Nicholas , Gary Busey , Amy Morton , Patrick LaBrecque , Robert Hy Gorman , Bruce Altman , Dan Hedaya
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You won't be disappointed!
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
This fun filled movie is really about inter-personal relations and finding yourself at all levels.When an accident leaves a 12 year old with a tremendous throwing arm, he immediately is signed for a contract with the Chicago Cubs. The fun begins. His nervousness leads to ineptitude, but he calms down and becomes pretty good at what he does. Of course, there are some silly moments such as his antics when on base. He could drive any pitcher crazy.I like the Gary Busey character here very much. There will always be the part dealing with the mom and how her true feelings emerge when she has to confront her son with the truth about his father. I love how she handled her boyfriend, the latter had become her child's manager.After all these years, Eddie Bracken again proved he had what it took in comedy.
this is a movie the whole family can enjoy.it's fun and there's nothing offensive about it.sure it is a bit over the top on occasion,and there is one running joke that is stretched a bit too thin.you'll know which one i mean about halfway through the film or earlier.but other than that,it's enjoyable,and you can allow your inner child to live on courtesy of the fantasy elements.also,it helps that the lead,Thomas Ian Nicholas(13 years old at the time)is engaging and charismatic.this movie won't change your life,but it should provide some laughs and keep you entertained for one hundred minutes or so.for me,Rookie of the Year is a 7/10
This movie is for kids, but it lacks intelligence. Therefore it hovers down at a kid's level. Good family movies go above a kid's level so that the younger viewer may actually learn something, and the older viewer might possibly say "Hmmm, this is an intelligent kid's movie." Watching this kids learn how to cheat, show off, scream like an escaped retard, and be poor sports. Yeah it's a comedy, so the rules may be broken, but that doesn't account for the terrible acting and asinine writing. I have enjoyed several kid's movies, so the excuse that "you didn't like it because you're an adult and this movie is made for kids" doesn't hold any water and therefore is eliminated as a legitimate reason. This movie is insulting to viewers with a functioning brain and an IQ over 50.There are a lot of cameo appearances by some good actors in this in a failed attempt to "legitimize" the film. Even John Candy can't save it, and he hams it up as the home announcer with incredible mediocrity.The worst performance in this mess is Daniel Stern's character, who overacts with such a vengeance (even worse than in Home Alone) that he makes Will Ferrell seem like a shy introvert. Screaming out some of the most unfunny lines in cinematic history, Stern brings the film down several notches. For those of you who actually liked Stern's character in this - you are a supreme bunch of ignorant idiots. Small wonder that he hasn't been called on to direct anything else after this garbage.If you want to see a good baseball movie then try Major League, Bad News Bears (the original - NOT the stupid remake), Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, or Bull Durham if you haven't already seen them. Rookie of the Year gets a 1 out of 10 from me. Without Stern I'd probably have given it a 4.
Are you a baseball fan? If you are go out and buy it. This movie is right up there with Angels in the Outfield. The story evolves around 12years old Henry Rowing Gardner who is a baseball fan but lacks any real baseball skills. One day while playing with friends he slips and breaks his arm, during those months his arm is in a cast, has his arm sticks up. Then the day the cast comes off he discovers that his arm healed in a interesting way, during that same day, he and his friends are at a baseball game but when the ball comes near him in the stands he picks it up and he displays an amazing throwing ability. The Cubs owner then ask him to join the team, where he gets to play with his favorite player named Rocket. I liked this movie because it shows that any tries dreams come true.
