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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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
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
Just another nearly unwatchable kids fantasy film where they are the best. This one is about a kid who is not the best player in the world and he has an accident. This accident causes his arm to mess up and the tendons to tighten and now he can throw a 100 mph fastball. Well he displays this super ability at a Cubs game where he proceeds to throw a home run ball back into the field of play and before long he is signed with the Cubs giving inspirational speeches, striking out great players and guiding the Cubs to the post season. The Cubs were absolutely not a playoff team when this film was made and to make it out like one kid could turn around the team is completely insane even for movie standards. For one thing he is just a reliever, and a reliever has to have the lead going into the 8th or 9th inning to have any impact on the game and quite frankly I think the Cubs actually had a decent reliever back then. The comedy does not work for me neither did Daniel Stern (who actually directed this movie) as a pitching coach. John Candy is in the film as a play by play guy, but he is not even credited in the cast. Granted I guess if your him you do not need your name to be recognized. On an interesting note you get to see Barry Bonds as a Pirate and before he gained one of those white orbs from Altered Beast and became super big. In fact I think he had actually gotten two of those orbs by the end of his playing days, one more and he would have actually become a wolf man hybrid. Sorry, went off track there, and I am doubting there are a lot of people that will get the reference. In the end, this film might be okay for children. To me though it was just idiotic and just about a complete waste of time.
At first i thought that the fim was going to be rubbish but then i found that thomas ian nicholson so i thought that id watch it ! and i found out that it was very good ! I found it quite funny as well ! That is why i rated it 9/10 !! Thomas Ian Nicholson is such a good actor ! This flim i could watch time and time again as it is so good ! Thomas Ian Scott should do a Rookie of the year 2 where he is the worlds famous baseball player and he has a wife n kids but there is a crisis where his arm breaks and he is not allowed to play ever again !But they try and find something to make him play and at the end he finds something and he gets a big cheer when he plays again The End ! Dgibson !
My 11 year old, who loves baseball, and I watched this. He loved it, and I thought it was good, too. It was amusing, and sweet, and had good messages ("don't abandon your friends," "somethings are more important than money," your mom is the coolest").A totally good family film for old and young. (as long as you like baseball). No Academy Award, nothing to write home about, but good with popcorn, and a kid leaning on your shoulder.
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