This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I think I was in grade school when I was introduced to this work of art. Since then, it has become a cult classic in more ways than one. I can find myself quoting this movie so much that sometimes I don't even remember doing it. For those of you who have not seen this movie (and I do mean ever), whether you weren't born when it was made or haven't even heard of it, I highly recommend that you do so. This is a movie that many of us kids who were born in the 80's grew up with and I would recommend it to anyone.It all begins with Scott Smalls, a newcomer in a town in the Southwest. Doesn't have any idea what he's doing, makes a complete idiot out of himself without any help. It is at that point that he comes across one Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, avid baseball player. Scotty (as he is called by everyone else) is then invited to go to the sandlot to play some baseball with some other boys.Of course, his first game is nothing to write home about. The boys make fun of him and razz him to where he doesn't know if he wants to play anymore. By the second game, he's ready to go. As time wears on, the boys become friends and they start to have some fun. One day comes a rival neighborhood team that invades the sandlot and taunts the boys, exchanging insults at the drop of a hat.Back in the day, "You play ball like a girl" was a serious insult because nobody believed that girls could play baseball. Following that heated exchange, the boys then go to the rival team's field and make sport of them without even trying. To celebrate, the boys then go to a carnival...where they make the biggest mistake ever: take chewing tobacco and then go on a fast ride, where they quickly lose the contents of their stomachs.Then comes the biggest pickle to ever come their way: Benny (as he is called) destroys one of their baseballs with a powerful swing of the bat, forcing them to get another ball. Scotty, thinking he's done the right thing, swipes his stepdad's baseball signed by Babe Ruth and then plays with it. Unfortunately, he then hits the ball over the fence of Mr. Merle, to which it became property of the notorious "Beast."True to form, the guys then figure out ways to try and get the ball back, only to fail miserably each time. Having had enough of the madness, Benny engages the Beast in a run around the neighborhood and wins, rewarding them with more baseballs than they know what to do with. Mr. Merle (James Earl Jones) comes out and introduces himself, telling the boys that they could've easily knocked on the door and he would've gotten the ball for them, making Squints the object of ridicule."The Great Bambino!" "You play ball like a girl." And let's not forget the obvious one: "You're killing me, Smalls!" I dare anyone say (at least those who are very familiar with this movie) that they don't know these lines. They will stay with you until you remember no more. Watch this gem over and over. Show it to your kids. They may find something that they actually like.

Plot; A group of baseball loving friends have their Summer fun grind to a halt when they accidentally knock a priceless Babe Ruth autographed baseball into a yard guarded by an angry and enormous dog.Very much in the spirit of A Christmas Story, this is a warm but never cloying look back to a time in your life when every day was an adventure and Summer seemed as if it would last forever. The young cast here is exceptional. I don't know that I've ever seen better; and that includes Stand by Me and Goonies.It probably helps if you've ever stood in the outfield on a bright warm Summer day with your cap pulled down just above your eyes, a well worn glove and a mouthful of Bazooka Joe, but really all you need is to have been a kid once.

Passionate about baseball, a middle aged man fondly recalls the summer when he first learned how to play, the friends he made and the mischief they got up to in this popular comedy. While there are some funny moments to be had and the kids interact with one another credibly, the first half of 'The Sandlot' is difficult to get through at times with lots of excessively sentimental voice over narration and several silly shenanigans. The second half of the film is a blast though as a lost ball over a fence brings out the kids' creative sides. The inventions they come up with to retrieve the ball (without disturbing the dog in the yard) are delightfully wacky and inventive, especially a souped-up vacuum cleaner. The second half also features a chase sequence done with unexpected originality (if still the odd heavily telegraphed gag). Suffice it to say, footage from 'The Wolf Man' has rarely been appropriated so well. It has been said that 'The Sandlot' is the type of film that will only appeal to baseball lovers and those who like reminiscing about their youth. It is true that those from these demographics will likely get more from the film, but the project is still probably worth a look for others. The annoying voice-over does disappear for certain stretches and uneven as the first 45 minutes may well be, everything picks up once the kids get to show off their ingenuity.

The Sandlot is a clever movie about a boy, Scottie, who moves to a new neighborhood and meets a bunch of new friends on a baseball sandlot. He is really bad at baseball, but Benny, the neighborhood baseball god, takes him under his wing and incorporates him into the group. The team has a bunch of misadventures at a swimming pool and city park, and then things get dicey when Scottie accidentally hits his stepfather's ball, signed by Babe Ruth, into a yard with "the beast" a really large dog. There is a bunch of hilarious slapstick as they try to get the ball back.The Sandlot is interesting because it seems to reside in a bunch of genres at once. On the one hand, it is a baseball movie for sure, although something of a satire of movies like Bull Durham and Field of Dreams. You almost get the sense that they have translated the minor league antics of Bull Durham into a kids' movie and the result is really funny. A scene involving chewing tobacco and a park ride is especially effective.On the other hand, The Sandlot is also plainly a kids movie, in the sense that it is a real attempt to see the world from a kid's point of view. In that sense, it owes its conception to movies like To Kill a Mockingbird, which try to see the world through a child's eye so as to illuminate it to grownups.Also, the movie is clearly a nostalgia movie, attempting to recreate in some measure the world of the early 1960s. It is a loving and effective tribute, taking us back to a suburban world of that era which contained a real capacity for joy.Finally, the movie is a physical comedy, and a good one. There are bunch of really funny slapstick scenes in this, mostly inspired by the fantasy aspect of the movie. The world is something of a Calvin and Hobbes sort of world of imagination, and in that world there are plenty of opportunities to laugh at what might be imagined.Thus, the Sandlot is a multi-faceted winner, a movie that appears shallow on the surface but actually works on a bunch of levels. Perhaps most importantly, it is hilarious and fun, and this is perhaps the best reason to see the movie.