Rookie of the Year (1993)

If you are unwilling to accept the basic premise of the film, that a child who has surgery on a broken arm is suddenly able to throw a pitch over 100 miles per hour, you aren't going to like this movie. I've been a baseball fan for 60 years and I know when a baseball movie is going to present an accurate portrayal of the game. If you read anything about this film and you are a purist, there are probably another ten movie to pick from this day. That said, this is a delightful film with a joyfulness that brings back memories of what it was like to be a mediocre baseball player, still hoping to be a major leaguer someday. The boy in this film is klutzy, so his entrance into a major league game is filled with fear and worry. There are good guys and bad guys, especially the father candidate. At some point, we know that reality will set in and, like "Damn Yankees," someone is going to have to face a real situation. This is just charming and fun. Enjoy it. It was never meant to be a documentary.

... or Gary Busey or the Cubs or twelve year old kids this thing is probably not for you. Otherwise I found some really good laughs in it. The story was appealingly filmed and professionally cut and so on. My point is that most Europeans don't have a clue about the game and it is quite important for the story. (For how long will this go on? - Well it's the third inning and they play at least eight. - God help me!) It is great to see how the boy is brought up by his mother to be nice to people and show them respect and how the really manly men repay the favor. All in all I give it a ten because it achieves what it aims for. Do watch it. If you can tell a sinker from a curve ball that is.

I just finished watching this movie on T.V. This movie has some good laughs in it, and it will probably remind people my age of their childhood days. This movie takes me back to the early '90s. A time so many people wish they could go back to. That being said, I wouldn't say this movie is timeless. It feels like it's more from it's time, unlike some movies which stand the test of time being watched by even younger generations, and having things in the movie that don't look so old.Like one example of a movie that's stood the test of time, and a character in that movie is the director of this movie and plays a character in this movie is Home Alone. The burglar Marv played by Daniel Stern is the director and plays a wacky baseball player in this movie that will keep you laughing. While watching Home Alone, it's hard to believe that movie is a quarter of a century old, and it's a movie frequently on T.V. that many people like to watch during the Holiday Season. Even the kids today are familiar with that movie. I listened to the DVD commentary where the director said they intended to make a movie showing somethings that never change to have it work in coming years. It's different for Rookie Of The Year, but it will remind people more of the simplicity of the early '90s.This movie has a common theme from many kids movie of the same era. A comical/cheesy sports movie for kids and families. A movie that deals with a losing team. That losing team somehow has a miracle where they become a winning team, and we wonder if they can become champions. The miracle in this movie is a 12-year old kid Henry Rowengartner who breaks his arm, and it heals in a certain way, where he can throw very fast pitches and starts to play for the losing Chicago Cubs. We see the comedy of a kid playing baseball in a Major League team. I remember when this movie came out, and I heard kids at my summer sports camp reciting the line, "Pitcher's Got A Big Butt."This movie again has a them we see in other kids movies. Some of it might remind you of a movie that came out a year later, Angels In The Outfield. I also would see years later a sports movie called Like Mike involving a kid playing on an NBA team. Kids movies of a losing team becoming a winning team don't seem so big anymore. However, I did see a movie last year called Underdog Kids about a losing Karate Team. In some ways, I prefer that movie more than these other ones, because I felt like it left a better message.I've also read a book with a plot like that called The Toilet Paper Tigers by Gordon Korman. It is an exciting book about a boys little league team in a rural part of Texas with a coach who doesn't know how to play baseball. His 12-year old granddaughter Kristy Pendergast helps out only to annoy the boys, but does it in a way of putting their strengths to good use. It's a hilarious book, the funniest book i've read in my entire life and very exciting. I wonder if that book would make a better movie, because it makes a better story?To end, Rookie Of The Year is a cute funny movie that shows lots of comedy of a kid playing baseball. It also shows the relationship between a boy and his mom, and a kid hanging out with friends back then. The movie ends at a good point to end, it probably will not be your favorite movie, or a movie you'd care to own. You most likely would not care for a sequel either. We don't really care about what happens next. The characters from that movie only work for this movie. But, if you want to remember your childhood days, I suggest you watch this as it will get you laughing and remind you how much simpler life was back when this movie came out and we were kids.

At first i thought that the fim was going to be rubbish but then i found that thomas ian nicholson so i thought that id watch it ! and i found out that it was very good ! I found it quite funny as well ! That is why i rated it 9/10 !! Thomas Ian Nicholson is such a good actor ! This flim i could watch time and time again as it is so good ! Thomas Ian Scott should do a Rookie of the year 2 where he is the worlds famous baseball player and he has a wife n kids but there is a crisis where his arm breaks and he is not allowed to play ever again !But they try and find something to make him play and at the end he finds something and he gets a big cheer when he plays again The End ! Dgibson !