ign logo IGN.com | AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | GameSpy | FilePlanet | TeamXbox | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | Direct2Drive

RottenTomatoes.com

RT Bug Squash
Home Movies DVD Celebrities News Critics Photos & Trailers The Vine Forums
Box Office | In Theaters | Opening | Upcoming | Best Of | Certified Fresh | Showtimes
Register for free site & special features! | Log In | What is RT?
                       
MOVIES / ON DVD / ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Rookie of the Year

Rate This Movie

Write a Review
Share This Movie
Add to List
Buy DVD
Buy Poster

Bookmark and Share

Rookie of the Year (1993)

35%
N/A
52%
N/A
N/A
N/A
35 %
Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 6  Rotten:11 Average Rating: 4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Synopsis:
Henry Rowengartner is a 12-year-old Little Leaguer whose love of baseball far outstrips his prowess on the field. Everything changes, however, after Henry breaks his arm during one of his Little League games. When his arm heals, Henry discovers that he has been magically transformed into an... [More]
Henry Rowengartner is a 12-year-old Little Leaguer whose love of baseball far outstrips his prowess on the field. Everything changes, however, after Henry breaks his arm during one of his Little League games. When his arm heals, Henry discovers that he has been magically transformed into an unstoppable pitching machine. Suddenly, the once-klutzy kid is pitching for the Chicago Cubs and everyone wants a piece of the action. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Gary Busey, Dan Hedaya, Daniel Stern

Director: Daniel Stern
Composer: Bill Conti
Screenwriter: Sam Harper
Producer: Robert Harper

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 1, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Buy It On DVD

Reviews

 
T-Meter Critics
 
 
Top Critics
 
 
RT Community
 
 
My Critics
 
 
My Friends
 
 
DVD
 
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date)
Text View | 1 2
Arrange By: Name | Fresh | Rotten | Date | Source
 
 
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | Comment
06/24/06 04:17 AM
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
08/12/05 02:15 AM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Ratings Image

Good Family Fun with a side-splitting performance by Stern

| Comment
05/06/05 12:36 AM
Clint Morris
Moviehole
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
04/15/05 02:04 PM
Todd Jorgenson
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
04/01/05 06:25 AM
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com
Ratings Image

Above average baseball yarn with director Stern and friends paying homage to their beloved Cubbies.

| Comment
01/09/05 12:03 AM
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
02/24/04 09:55 PM
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
12/15/03 09:46 PM
Rebecca Murray
About.com
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
07/08/03 04:15 PM
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | Comment
05/20/03 05:14 PM
Stephen Holden
New York Times
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

Merely mediocre.

| Comment
05/02/03 10:55 AM
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
08/16/02 11:05 AM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
07/26/02 08:01 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Ratings Image

No review available.

| Comment
07/26/02 12:54 AM
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
Ratings Image

The first third or so of Rookie of the Year is hysterically funny, but then the film settles into a sentimental rut, only to pick up again here and there with amusing bits.

Full Review | Comment
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | Comment
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review | Comment
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Hollis Chacona
Austin Chronicle
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review | Comment
01/01/00 12:00 AM
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | Comment
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

Click to read the article

Full Review | Comment
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
1 - 20 (sorted by date)
Text View | 1 2
See More Topics...

Related Forums

The kid from American pie
by: Sam the man 3/16/02

Around the Network

• Rookie of the Year at Rotten Tomatoes
• Rookie of the Year at IGN
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Celebs List| Newsletter
IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | ModCenter | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive

By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2008, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.