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The Rookie
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The film follows the story of a coach who discovers that there is still time to realize those dreams. The coach performs the main league after approving the case for the high school team that will enter the playoffs
The film follows the story of a coach who discovers that there is still time to realize those dreams. The coach performs the main league after approving the case for the high school team that will enter the playoffs
Actors:
Bert Beatson,
Russell Richardson,
Brian Shoop,
Eddie Alvarado,
Rachel Griffiths,
Canuto Rey Guerrero,
Matt Williams,
Fred Osuna,
Beau Holden,
Patty Allieri,
Quincy Wickson,
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Bert Beatson
Russell Richardson
Brian Shoop
Eddie Alvarado
Rachel Griffiths
18 December 1968, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Canuto Rey Guerrero
Matt Williams
Fred Osuna
Beau Holden
15 January 1960, Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA
Patty Allieri
Quincy Wickson
Director:
John Lee Hancock
John Lee Hancock
15 December 1956, Longview, Texas, USA
Country:
United States
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Earnest, uplifting baseball melodrama
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Deftly constructed to stoke the baseball-phenom fantasies of coulda-shoulda-woulda middle-aged guys and fields-of-dreaming young diamond studs.
January 22, 2013
Slow moving, even pedestrian at times, yet this Dennis Quaid vehicle strikes a lot of genuinely heartwarming moments along the way.
May 12, 2014
Refreshing and compelling.
May 12, 2014
At two-plus hours, The Rookie is a good 20 minutes too long, but for father-son teams waiting eagerly for the umpire's "Play ball!", it's an uplifting season opener.
March 12, 2013
It's Quaid and his fellow actors, Rachel Griffiths and Brian Cox, who lift the film out of its intermittent doldrums, and together they deliver that rare thing: a nuanced sports movie.
March 12, 2013
The Rookie is shot through with star-spangled sentiment, but its light touch and "true story" origins combine to make it feelgood fun even for schmaltz-phobic Brits.
May 12, 2014
Though Hancock traffics in a lot of bogus small-town sentiment, The Rookie exhibits a refreshingly honest understanding of baseball as a job, with long road trips away from home and a workmanlike routine.
May 12, 2014
This entry in the genre is a true story that is, sadly, hampered by some signposted plot developments and undernourished characters.
March 12, 2013
Until The Rookie came along, I'd forgotten how good and smart a family film can be.