The Sandlot (1993)
During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall.
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A so-corny-it-had-to-be-intentional story of boyhood, America, summer, imagination, truth, fantasy, and baseball, that I will love forever and for always so get over it.
I rated this film based on what I think the quality of the movie is, but I love it dearly. Everything was hilarious, except for one montage in the second half.
So many writers and filmmakers have attempted to get the feel of a childhood summer right to varying degrees of success, but not have felt quite as authentic as this one. The pace of the film feels like those languid long days where you go from playing baseball to the swimming pool to making s'mores in a tree house, where time seems to stand still and school is so far off it's barely in your mind.This movie nails it and does so sweetly and with great nostalgia. The kids are all spot on in their acting, something that must have been difficult to wrangle, and it still manages to make me laugh all these years later. I loved sharing it with my kids and they love it as much as I do.
Just re-watched this, for like the hundredth time, with my little girl! So much fun to hear her laughing! I absolutely LOVE this film - until they try to get the ball back from the Beast. Then... well, it's silly. But that first hour alone earns 5 stars with it's endearing, and enduring, movie magic! The fireworks with Ray Charles and the crushed baseball? AWESOME!!!