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Rookie of the Year
1993
Comedy
Family/Kids
1h 43m
When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. (imdb)
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Rookie of the Year
1993
Comedy
Family/Kids
1h 43m
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Rated 05 Dec 2019
75
65th
Gary Busey drowning in demons in this kid playing sports ball goof about.
Rated 05 Dec 2019
Rated 15 Oct 2015
78
39th
Kid wish fulfillment. Dumb, but tolerable.
Rated 15 Oct 2015
Rated 10 Feb 2008
70
22nd
Gardenhoser, this sucks.
Rated 10 Feb 2008
Rated 09 Feb 2009
10
14th
Children are the answer to almost any professional sports team's woes.
Rated 09 Feb 2009
Rated 11 Dec 2006
7
68th
First of all, love me some Henry Rowengarner. The premise of the movie is absurd yet it is hilarious and amazing at the same time. Also, any movie with Gary Busey is great because in hindsight he was so fucking insane. Love the dude that is banging Henry's mom, probably the worst movie villain of the 90's. Childhood classic that I will always enjoy watching.
Rated 11 Dec 2006
Rated 25 Aug 2014
50
26th
Busey's pained expression as he asks for "one more pitch" is haunting.
Rated 25 Aug 2014
Rated 23 Feb 2008
77
60th
This was quite the baseball movie. The guts this kid had are unmeasurable. Its amazing how even after losing his baseball super-abilities he is able to outthink his opponent. And Gary Busey is a good laugh.
Rated 23 Feb 2008
Rated 11 Feb 2008
65
41st
This movie stars a very good friend of mine.
Rated 11 Feb 2008
Rated 29 Nov 2009
60
30th
Pretty good for a kids sports movie but when it's all said and done, it is still a kids sports movie
Rated 29 Nov 2009
Rated 01 Nov 2008
50
19th
This can be nice movie to watch if you are kid. But even then, there is better.
Rated 01 Nov 2008
Rated 17 Feb 2010
41
30th
Despite the unrealistic aspects, this is incredibly enjoyable. I blame my childhood and the over-zealous soundtrack.
Rated 17 Feb 2010
Rated 09 Apr 2010
60
23rd
I loved this movie as a kid. The plot makes absolutely no sense, but when you're 10 years old, that doesn't matter.
Rated 09 Apr 2010
Rated 23 Sep 2010
57
22nd
Should be good for kids, a few funny moments for adults.
Rated 23 Sep 2010
Rated 01 Mar 2012
50
23rd
Funky butt-loving this was fun when I was a kid. It hasn't aged super well, but it can still throw a few high stinky chedders.
Rated 01 Mar 2012
Rated 17 Jun 2012
65
27th
Funky butt lovin
Rated 17 Jun 2012
Rated 23 Feb 2013
10
11th
This film is pretty much everything I dislike about the 90's.
Rated 23 Feb 2013
Rated 11 Mar 2013
78
86th
Any movie with Gary Busey as the romantic lead is A-okay in my books.
Rated 11 Mar 2013
Rated 04 Jul 2017
77
49th
I watched this as a kid probably around two decades ago yet I have fond memories of the movie especially the scene where the rookie first discovers his now powerful arm. The climax was also dramatic. It is a feel good movie that kids as well as grown ups would like.
Rated 04 Jul 2017
Rated 19 Sep 2017
74
18th
Cute movie that is tolerable for children.
Rated 19 Sep 2017
Rated 27 Nov 2018
24
19th
Until the Cubs recent string of success, I would have made a joke about their best pitcher being prepubescent. Now the only joke left is the movie itself.
Rated 27 Nov 2018
Rated 16 Nov 2019
60
32nd
Atrocious overacting, inept directing, a script that butchers every cliche in the book...I can think of no better way to blur the lines between the big leagues and the homegrown magic of baseball.
Rated 16 Nov 2019
Rated 09 Apr 2020
73
46th
a childhood classic. in actuality, I'm sure it is quite bad
Rated 09 Apr 2020
Rated 14 Jan 2024
60
19th
Lightweight, fluffy kids sports movie which even 30 years removed feels overly familiar and too protracted (give me a week and I won’t recall the differences between this, ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD and LITTLE BIG LEAGUE), but it’s decent, distinguished by an unusually well calibrated performance from Busey, whose character and arc is genuinely touching and involving – who knew Stern would be the director to extract such a winningly tender performance from him!
Rated 14 Jan 2024
Rated 27 Dec 2007
61
38th
Pretty humorous film for the family with one of Candy's last roles.
Rated 27 Dec 2007
Rated 12 Dec 2006
58
10th
It's a silly kid's movie, exactly what you'd expect it to be.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
Rated 31 Dec 2006
30
4th
This kid was in illions of movies about baseball wasn't he? i really liked him.
Rated 31 Dec 2006
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
20th
If this movie taught me anything as a kid, it was that if I broke my arm, I could pitch 100 mph and play for the Cubs. And, if that I broke it again, I would throw normally again. That, and nothing and I mean NOTHING can beat the floater pitch.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
5th
They should have saved the plot for this one and made a fifteenth Air Bud movie. Avoid it like you are an epileptic and it is Pokemon.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
69
58th
Really fun but dumb baseball movie. Much better than it had any right to be, but the little stuff makes it entertaining; Daniel Stern doing dumb things, the manager messing up Henry's last name, "funky butt-loving", and so on.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
46
26th
Pity points for Busey, Daniel Stern, and the Cubs.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
76
36th
Cute.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
2
14th
I'm sure that at least 15 of those points are for terrifying, misplaced nostalgia.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 20 Apr 2009
44
38th
Nostalgia will get you everywhere. Also, Daniel Stern is hilarious (as always)
Rated 20 Apr 2009
Rated 10 Feb 2008
60
36th
Pretty good
Rated 10 Feb 2008
Rated 10 Feb 2008
30
12th
I just don't find this plot believable. Ha. Seriously though, this one just doesn't do anything for me.
Rated 10 Feb 2008
Rated 05 Apr 2008
25
7th
its a disney flick ... what else is there to say
Rated 05 Apr 2008
Rated 06 Jun 2008
63
19th
Only for kids. If you are an adult, steer clear of this one, it will not satisfy, but if you are under the age of twelve, prepare for the movie of your childhood.
Rated 06 Jun 2008
Rated 01 Jul 2008
80
63rd
One of my favorite baseball movies of all-time.
Rated 01 Jul 2008
Rated 01 Aug 2008
75
56th
Loved this when I first saw it, love it now. "Roengartner checks the runners" always makes me smile for some reason.
Rated 01 Aug 2008
Rated 29 Aug 2008
46
11th
Was a pretty good film when I saw it for the first time. I was also 11 or 12. I have no desire to ever see this movie again.
Rated 29 Aug 2008
Rated 02 Mar 2009
75
15th
I loved it when I first saw it because I was convinced that it could actually happen.
Rated 02 Mar 2009
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