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Summary: GREAT Family Movie
Review: Finally a movie that is for the WHOLE family.
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Summary: A Homerun Of A Movie!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is a wounderful movie for the whole family! I just llove it!=) It is about this man abd as a kid he LOVED baceball. Hi family had to move around a lot because of his Dad's job so he would just get on a new baceball team and then had to nove again. When he got older he tryed out to play even harder baceball but soon his arm started to hurt, he played pither. Well, latter in life when he got older he taught high school baceball and his team was just not doing good. They would never win any games. Well one of his kids saw the way he could pith and got the team to make a deal with him, if they won all of there games he would have to try out for the majorers. Well they did and he tryed out, he made it! I can't tell you any more or it would make the movie not as good, but I would tell anyone to see it its that good!
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Summary: Good One
Review: What was interesting about this movie to me, is I live in San Angelo, TX, and lived in Big Lake, TX(named after a big hole in the ground that fills up with water when it rains, which is rare!) until first grade. I also saw Jim Morris at a local grocery store I worked at in San Angelo several times after his stint in the Majors was over. While a great movie, they didn't do a good job of re-creating the area. Not sure why they filmed in another part of Texas instead of this area because everything was too green, and Big Lake is a dry Oil town without cotton gins and all the other stuff shown in Big Lake in the movie. Also the distance sign as he's leaving Big Lake for the tryout in San Angelo lists the distance at something like 100 miles, while it's really 59 miles. Why make up that distance?? Also this would have made the story less interesting so understand why they changed it, but he didn't live in Big Lake, he actually commuted from San Angelo while teaching/coaching in Big Lake. What they did do well is capture the 'spirit' of the area and people..great movie.
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Summary: A Great Story - A Great DVD
Review: I love this movie. I saw Jim Morris being interviewed back around 1999 or 2000 while he was playing. A couple of years later I found out they did a movie about his story and I had to see it. I wasn't disappointed. The plot of the movie is simple. A high school teacher accepts the challenge from his baseball team to try out for the big leagues if they win the district championship. They do, and he does. What makes this story so great is that it really happened, and what makes this DVD so great is that in addition to a great movie it provides you with a short documentary on the real Jim Morris who relives the day he became a big league pitcher. Also, the screen writer gives you some context about the high school baseball team, revealing that the real reason they were able to win district is that their coach was pitching to them, which means they were essentially practicing against major league pitching and then competing against high school pitching. They scored 30 runs in a couple of games, but the writers left that out of the film thinking the viewers wouldn't believe it. For anybody who likes to believe in second chances this film is a true inspiration.
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Summary: Mostly Enjoyable
Review: It is great to see a heartwarming, real-life story such as this come to the big screen. Dennis Quaid is great and the cinematography is fantastic (if you like the desolate plains of Texas). It does get a little too long in places but that is a minor complaint. Another in the great tradition of Disney films!
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Summary: For a "Hall of Fame" Movie, See "The Rookie"
Review: It has a great storyline: a thirty-something science teacher from Texas who is also the school's baseball coach tells his struggling team that if they win the regional championship, he will once again try out for the Major Leagues (he blew out his shoulder the first time). Oh, and it's also based on a true story. It's a tearjerker: I won't give away any major plot details, but I will tell you that there is real potential for crying the last forty-five minutes of this movie. It's that emotional. And best of all, it's rated G! You can't really go wrong with this one, which stars Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris, who gets a second chance at his dream and is forced to find the courage to go through with it. Kids and adults alike will find something to cheer about here. Young people will be thrilled with the amount of baseball action and the humorous antics of Jim's young son, while the older audience will be struck by the family drama and the mature love and dedication displayed by Jim and his wife (all carried out in a completely appropriate manner). A solid plot, backed up with superb acting and an unusual but well-selected soundtrack of country and folk music as well as a decent score, will eventually carry "The Rookie" into the Hall of Fame of baseball movies.
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Summary: A Great Baseball Film That's Sure to Become a Classic
Review: Following in the tradition of great baseball films like "Bull Durham", "The Natural", "Field of Dreams", and "For Love of the Game", "The Natural" combines a great message and fine acting performances. Dennis Quaid stars as Jimmy Morris, a high school science teacher who is blessed with a 98 mph fastball. Jimmy has always loved baseball, but his father was in the military so the family was forced to move around a lot. Jimmy found it hard to make friends, but he maintained his pitching arm by practicing against a chain link fence. Years go by, and Jimmy has accepted a job as a science teacher at the local high school, as well as becoming the baseball coach. The team hasn't been too scucesful recently, but Jimmy is determined to turn them into winners. A bet is made between the players and Jimmy; If the team advances to the state tournament, Jimmy will go to a tryout with a major league team. To Jimmy's surprise, the team holds up their end of the bargain. Jimmy goes to a tryout with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and shows them he can still "bring the heat". A few days later, he receives a call from the Devil Rays' minor league team wanting him to sign. After discussing things with his wife Lorri (Rachel Griffiths), Jimmy joins the team. His success continues in the minors, and its not long before he gets called up to the big club. As fate would have it, Jimmy's first game is in Arlington, Texas against the Texas Rangers. Many of Jimmy's family and friends are at the game, and he gets in to face one batter, who faces the wrath of Jimmy's fastball. I'm a huge baseball movie fan, and this rates as one of the best I've seen. Dennis Quaid actually took lessons from major league pitching coaches in preparation for this role, so his pitching form and delivery are very realistic. The storyline is excellent and the message is clear; always follow your dreams and never give up. I highly recommend this top notch movie. You'll want to stand and cheer!!
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Summary: An All American Tale
Review: Starring Dennis Quaid, this based on a true story about late comer Pitcher Jim Morris and his rise into the big league. This is your typical Disney underdog film with all the right stuff. If you liked Remember the Titans, this will feel eerily familiar. Quaid is wonderful as Jim Morris and brings a real 'all american' persona to the character. Australian actress, Rachel Griffiths (Hillary and Jackie) puts on a fine performance as Morris' wife and does a great 'american' accent. The story foolws Jim as he teaches high school baseball and science classes. He makes a bet with his team that if they win District championship he will try out for the big leagues again. Of course they win and he tries out. With his throwing of a 98 mph fast ball, that pretty much tells you his fate in the film. A great family film, clean and wholesome. Pretty rare today!
*** stars.
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Summary: What I Wish I'd Known Before I watched "The ROOKIE"
Review: I just wish that I'd known ahead of time that
the real Jimmy Morris had a part in the movie.
Now I'll have to watch it again.
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Summary: A Dream Fulfilled!
Review: My daughter talked me into watching "The Rookie",. bless her heart! This movie has it all, humor, dreams, both dashed and fulfilled and, ultimately, a tale of rewarded perseverance. Dennis Quaid plays Jimmy Morris, a West Texan high school baseball coach whose dreams of a big league career seemed to have floundered on the shoals of injury. Coaching the chronically under performing Owls, Morris tries to inspire his team to dream of a life beyond their small town horizons. The team turns the tables by proposing a bargain. If the Owls win District, Morris agrees to go to a major league tryout. After the Owls deliver on their side, "It's your turn, Coach." Encumbered by three children, one an infant in a stroller, Morris fulfills his end of the bargain. I won't ruin it for you, but suffice it to say that Morris confronts the hard choices of doing what he wants to do or doing what he was meant to do. At the end we are left with a true story of a dream fulfilled. Great Movie!
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