Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 145
Fresh: 119 | Rotten: 26
A heart-warming sports flick, The Rookie greatly benefits from understated direction and the emotional honesty Dennis Quaid brings to the role of Jim Morris.
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 4
A heart-warming sports flick, The Rookie greatly benefits from understated direction and the emotional honesty Dennis Quaid brings to the role of Jim Morris.
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The true story of a middle-aged baseball rookie comes to the screen from Finding Forrester (2000) screenwriter Mike Rich and the studio behind the previous year's equally inspirational sports drama Remember the Titans (2001). Twelve years ago, the pro baseball aspirations of Texas pitcher Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) were derailed by a severe shoulder injury. Jim became a high school science teacher and baseball coach, married his sweetheart, Lorri (Rachel Griffiths), and settled down to raise a
Mar 29, 2002 Wide
Aug 27, 2002
$75.5M
Buena Vista Distribution Compa
All Critics (145) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (124) | Rotten (26) | DVD (27)
All the uplift could easily get cloying, but director John Lee Hancock knows how to keep things in control, and the whole is surprisingly satisfying.
You can see why the filmmakers optioned the story from a Sports Illustrated article: It just works.
What saves it is Dennis Quaid, a fine and generally underrated actor who plays a real-life small-town Texas high-school science teacher and baseball coach who fulfills his dream of pitching in the big leagues.
Hancock's heartfelt movie scores a solid hit.
A sports film with feel-happy appeal for all, regardless of age or interest.
I hesitate to use the phrase 'family film' because it has such fluffy connotations, but this is really a rare G-rated movie that's suitable for all viewers.
Earnest, uplifting baseball melodrama
Sweet and engaging despite some flaws.
In one of his greatest performances, Dennis Quaid puts nasty velocity and wicked movement on his delivery. A patient, emotionally honest sports film about resurrecting a dream and investing all you never knew you had.
It spreads the inspirational butter thicker than the diamond action and buries the school team beneath Morris' quest for a new career, but develops a lyrical sense of what it's like to resurrect self-worth and chase one's dreams.
Earnest to the point of blandness.
It's quiet, slow-moving, and unpretentious--all of which really makes this real-life story feel authentic. And it sure looks good in Blu-ray.
The Rookie is one of those rare, wonderful 'formula' films that ... favors understatement over exaggeration, subtlety over sentimentality.
I would almost rather have seen an A&E biography than a concocted Hollywood parable of unrealized dreams.
A fine example of heartwarming real-life drama, with performances that ring true and some terrific moments that befit a classic American Dream story.
My all-time favorite baseball movie.
If they gave an Oscar for Best Performance in a Mediocre Movie, Dennis Quaid should already be clearing his mantelpiece.
It shows us that things may not be like they used to, but we can still enjoy the celebration of things past.
Baseball season is here, folks, and The Rookie is a good opening day experience.
Sem apelar para o melodrama, o filme (baseado em uma história real) emociona e inspira o espectador.
Credit to the actors for still making it such a heartwarming affair, but like its leading character, The Rookie had the potential to be so much more.
...Quaid proves that this is the sort of role he was born to play.
The Rookie is one of the few sports films that really doesn't do anything for me. The film is overly cliched and is more irritating and boring than anything else. I saw this film made it on the list of worst sports movies ever made. I can understand why. The film is very poorly written, the acting is terrible, the plot
June 12, 2011
Super Reviewer
Life is perfect, isn't it? There are no hitches, and it just moves along perfectly. That's how life is, right? Well, maybe in a Disney movie, but that's not what makes a good film. When you think about it, it's the ups and downs in characters' lives that makes movies interesting. Who cares if this guy's life is
August 8, 2010Super Reviewer
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