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The Rookie Reviews

2002

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Every evening, Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) is out practicing pitching. His minor league career ended with a shoulder injury twelve years ago. Now, Jim coaches a struggling high school team. When he tries to motivate them, they challenge him--if they reach the play offs, he must try out for the majors. The team starts to win, and .. Read more

Starring	Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant
Director	John Lee Hancock
Genres	Drama

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- Deft, sentimental tale of winners that seems too good to be true, though it is apparently based on fact.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  Heart-Warming Real Life Story
  
  Dennis Quaid plays a baseball teacher at a school whose dreams of becoming a baseball star are well and truly gone. However at the start of the season his team ... read more »
  
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  - Gavin Fowler
  - North East, England
  - 26 May 2004 at 07:59
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  Not just for baseball fan
  
  I'm American and a big baseball fan and enjoyed the story and movie. As you get halfway through it, you realize it's not just for a baseball fan but a ... read more »
  
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  - 06 Mar 2009 at 14:41
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  A Disappointment
  
  Slow moving, which is OK, sometimes even a virtue, but we found the main characters/casting insufficiently engaging. Purely a matter of very personal taste, but... read more »
  
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  - Witney
  - 23 Feb 2009 at 09:40
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  Perfect film to entertain nephews
  
  You can't go wong with a good old disney classic - and this one is great. I was especially grateful as it entertained my nephew for the afternoon when it ... read more »
  
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  - Lincoln
  - 19 Feb 2009 at 13:24
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  What a catch
  
  Watchable. A nice film, I liked it very much a feel good factor film.
  
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- - Sandi LEIBER
  - Dorset
  - 26 Jun 2007 at 21:39
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  Down swingin'
  
  Baseball is a fantastic sport but unfortunately for those of us who aren't flag-waving Americans, the culture surrounding it can get tiring. Witness every ... read more »
  
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  - Cornwall, England
  - 29 Jul 2006 at 14:52
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  Great Story!
  
  Really enjoyed this true story - proves it's never to late to chase your dreams.
  
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- - Ian Millar
  - Llanelli, Wales
  - 03 May 2006 at 17:49
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  me and my spy
  
  Another excellent movie. My gradson saw his first baseball film and enjoyed it. Thanks
  
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  - 28 Mar 2006 at 09:37
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  Good family film...
  
  It is a good, faithful re-telling of a genuinely heart-warming story, unfortunately at two hours it seems half an hour too long. With more sensitive editing it ... read more »
  
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- - Michael Holding
  - Oxford
  - 27 Dec 2005 at 18:41
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  Hooray for this kind of film :-)
  
  This was a lovely film - on the lines of Field of Dreams etc - even my husband enjoyed it! LOL It is slow moving, enjoyable family entertainment from the ... read more »
  
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  - Kent, UK
  - 19 Jul 2005 at 14:16
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  Bull Durham without the fire
  
  What Disney does best - except for the other things. Touching movie about success late in life. Dennis Quaid delivers a solid performance. Not quite Bull Durham... read more »
  
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  - 11 Feb 2005 at 09:55
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  Heart-Warming Real Life Story
  
  Dennis Quaid plays a baseball teacher at a school whose dreams of becoming a baseball star are well and truly gone. However at the start of the season his team ... read more »
  
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  - Gavin Fowler
  - North East, England
  - 26 May 2004 at 07:59
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  Nice film
  
  A typically feelgood family Disney movie based on true events.Dennis Quaid plays a high school pitching coach who promises to try out for the Majors if his team... read more »
  
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- - Pronk
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  - 17 Oct 2004 at 19:43
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  Good family film...
  
  It is a good, faithful re-telling of a genuinely heart-warming story, unfortunately at two hours it seems half an hour too long. With more sensitive editing it ... read more »
  
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- 187465
- - Michael Holding
  - Oxford
  - 27 Dec 2005 at 18:41
- - 1
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  Down swingin'
  
  Baseball is a fantastic sport but unfortunately for those of us who aren't flag-waving Americans, the culture surrounding it can get tiring. Witness every ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 269198
- - a customer
  - Cornwall, England
  - 29 Jul 2006 at 14:52
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  Bull Durham without the fire
  
  What Disney does best - except for the other things. Touching movie about success late in life. Dennis Quaid delivers a solid performance. Not quite Bull Durham... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 71603
- - a customer
  - London
  - 11 Feb 2005 at 09:55
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  Hooray for this kind of film :-)
  
  This was a lovely film - on the lines of Field of Dreams etc - even my husband enjoyed it! LOL It is slow moving, enjoyable family entertainment from the ... read more »
  
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- 125088
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  - Kent, UK
  - 19 Jul 2005 at 14:16
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  me and my spy
  
  Another excellent movie. My gradson saw his first baseball film and enjoyed it. Thanks
  
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- 225045
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  - norfolk, england
  - 28 Mar 2006 at 09:37
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  Great Story!
  
  Really enjoyed this true story - proves it's never to late to chase your dreams.
  
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- 240061
- - Ian Millar
  - Llanelli, Wales
  - 03 May 2006 at 17:49
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  The best of the baseball movies I've seen
  
  As a Brit I don't fully 'get' the appeal of baseball. Too many afternoons spent on a cold school playing field playing rounders at secondary school ... read more »
  
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  - 14 Jul 2004 at 13:53
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  What a catch
  
  Watchable. A nice film, I liked it very much a feel good factor film.
  
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- - Sandi LEIBER
  - Dorset
  - 26 Jun 2007 at 21:39

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  Based on a true story of Jim Morris, a thirty-five year high school baseball coach, who retired from baseball because of a shoulder injury, who is persuaded to try out for a major league organisation... Being able to throw a ball at 98 mph soon becomes second nature and the team, with the oldest ...

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  Every evening, Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) is out practicing pitching. His minor league career ended with a shoulder injury twelve years ago. Now, Jim coaches a struggling high school team. When he tries to motivate them, they challenge him--if they reach the play offs, he must try out for the majors....