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The Rookie is a wonderfully done underdog story, a film that easily wins us over and has us cheering in the protagonist's corner in the first act. Dennis Quaid plays Jimmy Morris, a blue blooded baseball fanatic who grew up with the game running in his blood and a bucket load of talent, but never the time to pursue it growing up. His working class father (Brian Cox) discourages that kind of ambitious and adopts a vaguely bitter worldview. And so he grows up, starts a family and the dream fades. His skill resurfaces when he coaches the town's high school baseball team. They take notice of his wildfire pitching arm, and make him a deal: if they win one championship, he takes a crack at the major leagues talent scout circuit. It's a pleasure watching an old dog like Quaid take a triumphant eleventh hour shot at success, and it makes for a fine film. Morris's fastball is a 90 plus mile an hour wunderkind and he is immediately drafted into the MLB despite his age. His family is overjoyed and he is filled with a new energy and love for life spurred on by his second chance at his passion. It's great stuff. Rachel Griffiths is solid as Jimmy's eternally supportive wife, Beth Grant is sweet as his mother and adorable Angus T. Jones makes good work of his doting son. It's Brian Cox who quietly steals the show as his father, a man soured by his own misplaced trajectory, who takes his damn time to come around and show some pride is his son. Cox is a deeply gifted pro who provides pools of gravity and anchors the film back on solid ground every time it veers towards excessive sentimentality. Especially his final, wrenching scene. A golden entry in the sports genre.
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Casting and performances were superb and the fact that the screen play is based on true life events makes it even more special. You don't even realize how many excellent songs, and such a wide variety of song styles are in the movie until you review the sound track. Great inspirational movie but I am especially thankful for my introduction to Guy Clark. He sang "Stuff That Works" and I was hooked. I now have most of Guy Clark's albums, and eventually will have all of them. If you haven't listened to Guy Clark's music - you have missed one of life's greatest pleasures. Simple, everyday life lyrics combined with strong guitar licks. He is a Grammy Award winning American Texas Country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He has released more than twenty albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists including Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, Hayes Carll, Brad Paisley, John Denver, Alan Jackson, Rodney Crowell, The Highwaymen, and Kenny Chesney. Guy Clark won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: My Favorite Picture Of You. The Rookie is a movie that can be re-watched and enjoyed every year, and the sound track is every bit as good as the movie.Most people watch a movie and concentrate on the visual images, never realizing the contribution made by a great soundtrack. If you asked viewers to name songs included in The Rookie, they probably couldn't name two, and the movie contains 18 carefully crafted songs written and/or performed by masters of the art, like Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, and John Fogerty. Look em up!
trillionare12
"The Rookie" was a near perfect movie that was based on a true story. It added different genres at just the right moments: a sprinkle of drama, many parts of family, and a heck of a lot of baseball.Starring Denis Quad, The Rookie was about a Texas High School Baseball Coach/Father who agreed his team that if they were to make the playoffs, he would try out for the major league. Little did he know, he actually had a 98 batting average and of course, was sent to play on a major league team.If your part of a sports family or just simply love baseball, I highly recommend that you see the Rookie.Best Sports movie of 2002 Hands Down! My Rating: 9/10
emasterslake
The Rookie is another based off of a true story movie.It's about Dennis Quaid portraying a guy who wanted to play major league baseball but couldn't because he's always moving with his family. And his dad never cared about his son's dream of being a baseball player.30 some years later, he's a science teacher who coaches baseball. He's married, and the kids at school like him as their coach.One day when practicing with a mph gun. It turns out that he can through a ball at 99 mph. With an arm like that he can be able to try out at the majors.This movie isn't too bad. I'm surprised that it's ranked as one of the few family sport movies. Due to the fact that it's a G rated movie, it's nothing compared to the other average sport movies. It doesn't have any language or anything that would offend young viewers.But I only recommend it to those who like baseball or family safe movies.
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