| Title: | Movie Reviews and Discussion |
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| Created: | Thu Jan 28 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I went to see this movie yesterday with my expectations set real low. I expected a cute little summer movie that I could forget as soon as I left the theatre. I was pleasantly surprised. It's funny and nostalgic and genuinely emotional without being manipulative. There are no major stars with the exception of James Earl Jones, who has a cameo part towards the end. The movie is set in the summer of 1962. The narrator is the new kid on the block (moved into town two weeks before summer break) who is befriended by the leader of the local sandlot baseball team. The adventures of the team that summer, shapes the rest of their lives. I particularly liked the fact that the adventures were totally believable, not like most of the genre that has kids outwitting bank robbers or flying airplanes or rescuing the town from space aliens etc. I really enjoyed this movie and highly recommend it. I expect it to be one of the sleeper hits of the summer, if the word of mouth advertising overcomes the inaccurate "their rough, their tough, their 4'11'' in their hightops" advertising campaign. Regards Barry
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| 141.1 | 6214::TORCHIA | Live in the now! | Fri Apr 23 1993 15:37 | 6 | |
Was that Dennis Leary's first appearance in a movie? (He was the
father of the main character) I am a big fan of his comedy and I was
really surprised to see him in a movie with a (fairly)serious part.
-steve
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| 141.2 | a good family movie | 19007::FIELDS | and we'd go Running On Faith | Mon Apr 26 1993 13:17 | 12 |
I saw this with my 9yrold and she loved this movie....for myself I
really liked it, its was kinda a twisted on Stand by Me/The Wonder
Years (TV). It brought me back to the summer days I was playing on
the sand lots day in day out rain or shine !
**1/2 out of ****
the kids that made up the cast were unknowns to me, Denis Leary was
very good in this roll, it was a small roll and somewhat serious but he
was very convincing as the step-father.
Chris
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| 141.3 | Squints is the lady killer! | NASZKO::DISMUKE | WANTED: New Personal Name | Tue Apr 27 1993 18:27 | 5 |
We took our boys to see it (they are 8 and 6). They LOVED it! So did
I. My youngest wants a Wendy Peppercorn of his own!
-sandy
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