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Angels In the Outfield

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Angels In the Outfield (1994)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 7

Rotten:12

Average Rating: 4.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The down and out California Angels are so bad, one dysfunctional family even begins to compare their own tragedies with this baseball team. When 11-year-old foster child, Roger, hears his drifter... The down and out California Angels are so bad, one dysfunctional family even begins to compare their own tragedies with this baseball team. When 11-year-old foster child, Roger, hears his drifter Dad sardonically compare the two -- that the chances of reuniting the family are as good as the Angels winning the pennant -- Roger takes it as a promise and the truth. That night, he prays for the Angel's success, and in response, a star winks back at him with promises of baseballs faster than the speed of light and players able to leap tall buildings for a single catch. [More]

Starring: Danny Glover, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Brenda Fricker

Starring: Danny Glover, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Brenda Fricker, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Director: William Dear

Director: William Dear

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Apr 2, 2002

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  • Angels In The Outfield
  • Catch the movie that flew over the fence and into the hearts of millions of cheering fans! It's Disney's ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD, the feel-good film of the year about a young boy praying for a father -- and a struggling baseball team praying for a pennant. Danny Glover plays George Knox, the frustrated coach of the California Angels, a ragtag team of major-league misfits who are down on their luck. But things begin to look up when 11-year-old Roger, their biggest fan, starts giving Knox some winning tips from a real live angel named Al (Christopher Lloyd). The team miraculously climbs back into the pennant race ... all the while learning to believe in themselves. With its heavenly mix of outrageous comedy, dazzling special effects, and amazing baseball action, Disney's ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD is an entertainment home run for the whole family!
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    03/26/09
    Brian Lowry
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    Uplifting (for some) fantasy-comedy-drama. Stick with original version from 1950s.

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    05/22/08
    Steve Crum
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    A sugary and sickening Disney remake...

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    08/09/07
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
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    06/24/06
    Geoff Andrew
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    07/02/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    05/06/05
    Clint Morris
    Moviehole

    Serviceable, but why does Tony Danza have to die?

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    01/01/05
    Michael A. Smith
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    10/03/04
    Greg Maki
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    10/31/03
    Carol Cling
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    09/04/03
    Nell Minow
    Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    Terrible fantasy. Full of depressing things like orphans and death. No amount of angels can uplift that.

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    07/14/03
    Fred Topel
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    06/19/03
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    05/21/03
    Patricia S. McCormick
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    05/20/03
    Neil Martin
    Palo Alto Weekly

    On behalf of Angels fans everywhere, I demand an apology from the makers of this film.

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    08/13/02
    Rob Vaux
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    08/09/02
    Jeffrey Westhoff
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    04/12/02
    Globe and Mail
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    The main problem here is one that seems to plague too many movies these days -- the film simply cannot seem to settle on a tone, wildly careening from broad, silly slapstick to syrupy sentiment.

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    Chris Hicks
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