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Summary: Who says they cannot make good G-rated movies anymore?
Review: My wife and I watched this movie, and loved it. We watched it on Christmas day. This is an inspirational movie, and it is based on real life.
I heard Jim Morris, who Dennis Quaid protrayed in this movie, interviewed on a national sports-talk program. One question was if the movie was as it really happened, or if they Hollywoodized it. Morris mentioned there were two things in the movie that were different from real life. One was that it took his experiences as a coach at two High Schools, and made it just one High School. The other is a scene where he throws a ball past a radar detector, to demonstrate his speed and his lack of knowledge of that speed. In other words, you have what really happened.
The review in the Indianapolis Star said it followed two major movie cliches. Who cares? It was enjoyable to watch as an adult, and it is a movie that children can also enjoy. And we definitely need more movies like that!
Back to the movie: very good supporting cast. Dennis Quaid is the only name I recognize.
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Summary: Reignite the passion in your dreams
Review: The Rookie has become one of my favorite movies. It speaks to the dreams unlived in every adult's heart. And best of all, it is a true story!! I found this movie very inspiring and touching for a number of reasons. One ~ it is so heartwarming to see Jim Morris realize he has a second chance at his dream even when he had long since given it up and put his family first. It is also encouraging to see his family stand behind him despite their own internal concerns and misgivings over the idea of Jim returning to professional baseball. Whether or not you are a baseball fan; the real story here is about pursuing your dreams and not giving up the part of you that is encompassed in that. If you do; part of you withers away and you just aren't whole. Dennis Quaid is superb in this movie and it is very suitable viewing for the whole family. Everyone will enjoy it and you watch as the dad in your home will even try to wipe away those tears. :)
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Summary: The Realization of Dreams
Review: This is one of the better baseball movies out there. Dennis Quaid plays Jimmy Morris, who is a high school science teacher who once had a dream of playing baseball. The movie begins with Jimmy being a young boy who moves several times and has a somewhat instable relationship with his father. His father's belief is that sometimes people must do what they have to do to in life, not want what they want to do. While Jimmy believes this, he wants much more out of his childhood and he later gets a chance and trying to live his dream.
We flash forward to many years later, and Jimmy is coaching a high school baseball team that needs motivation. After a lackluster defeat, the team challenges him to pursue his dream of trying out for the majors, and make a pact with him that if they can win the district, then he has to at least try out for minor league baseball.
The great aspect of this film is that is goes much deeper than just being a film about baseball. It delves into what makes us want to pursue our dreams, and the notion that sometimes in life we have a chance to realize an opportunity if there is something or someone to push us in that direction.
Because this is a G rated movie, it is appropriate for everyone. Definitely a great family movie with a positive message.
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Summary: YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD
Review: THE ROOKIE is a wonderfully inspiring film, bolsted by an exceptional performance from Dennis Quaid. His Jim Morris is a wide-eyed, sensible middle-aged man whose dream of playing professional baseball was interrupted by injuries to his shoulder. He now coaches a baseball team in Big Lake, Texas; he is an Army brat and has moved so many times, it's become legendary. He's married to a high school counselor (delightfully embodied by the versatile Rachel Griffiths), and he has a seemingly insensitive father (another fine turn from Brian Cox). How he ends up realizing his dream and playing for the Majors is dramatized unsensationally and without bashing you in the head with maudlin sentiment. A great sports movie, and a great movie about never giving up and following your heart's dream.
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Summary: Dad's Watch this One with Your Kids
Review: The Rookie is well-done. It doesn't have the feel of a traditional 'tug-on-your-heartstrings' family film. Instead, scenes are shot artistically, there is space between events, the director and writers gave the time and energy to tell the story and tell the story well, and emotional cues aren't yanked one time too many.
So, the story may be well-known to most but it's a phenomenal one to tell. Based on true life story of Jim Morris, he finds his way to Major League Baseball late in life as a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays through the encouragement of his High School baseball team. What is really nice is the way the writers took the linear story and added an additional element of history to it. The story goes that in Big Springs, Texas some Nuns early on made a risky financial investment and prayed to the Saint of impossible dreams. Jim Morris's dream may seemed impossible but it is a source of encouragement and inspiration for the rest of us following our dreams.
Dennis Quaid is quite good in the role and plays Jim Morris faithfully. The setting is a key element in a seemingly run-down town and run-down baseball lot in West Texas...a place that dreams are carried through. It brings Jim Morris to his MLB debut at the Ballpark in Arlington which is good to see an authentic setting with real teams and real players instead of fictitious stand-ins.
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Summary: Movis Review for the movie "The Rookie"
Review: This is a most inspiring movie. Dennis Quaid does a great job as Jim Morris, a man with a second chance to achieve a dream.I was aware of Jim Morris when I read his story a week after what happens to be the end of the movie. It was an intriguing story, a man who is challenged by his High School baseball team in a small town to go after something he hoped for after he suggested they give their all for the game they played. It is a great story of a small town, small team, young man who is wandering. You learn a lot about Jim Morris and his life and you sense his desire to want to play again. The story will make you laugh, cry and cheer. This is a great movie for families and groups to watch. I have this as part of my library and will cherish the story of 'The Rookie.'
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Summary: Good family film.
Review: I enjoyed this moview quite a bit. It had a nice cast, likeable characters, excellent music and a terrific story. The movie starts with his childhood just long enough to set the story and then we are re-introduced to the grown up Jimmy Morris (Dennis Quaid), his family and the high school baseball team he coaches. Its impossible not to like and root for him. On the negative side, it was a bit long and the other weakness is that it did not always convey Jimmy Morris' love of baseball when he undertakes his unlikely quest to the major leagues. While the movie shows his ambivalence in missing his family as he begins his second shot at the majors, it doesn't capture the positive aspect of a man chasing his dream quite enough. Still, it was a nice movie that I have seen a bunch of times.
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Summary: Best clean movie I've seen in years!!!!
Review: I happened to come across this movie on a Cable Channel a few weeks ago. Being a "Baseball Mom", I love to watch movies in the off season. This was such a fantastic, inspiring movie we just had to buy it. I think I have watched it now 4 times. Dennis Quaid was excellent in this part, and very believable as a Pitcher. I only wish that there were more movies like this one out there. Thanks to Mr. Morris for the story and Mr. Quaid for his exceptionl acting.
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