A quality Disney movie that I can’t believe is 20 years old. I’ve surprisingly watched this movie three times in the last two years after probably not watching it for fifteen years before then. To me, these sport movies in the early 2000’s for Disney will forever hold a special place in my heart. When this one came up in my movie club this week, I was instantly looking forward to the rewatch!
Rating: 4/5 - 8.5/10 - Would Recommend
A cracking sports drama about the career of Jim Morris.
Absolutely loved this, the 127 minute run time flew by real quick; thoroughly enjoyable. It portrays, with extra drama I'm sure, the events of Morris' real life baseball career in a fantastic way. There's great character development right from the get-go, by the conclusion I was utterly invested in Morris. He is played by Dennis Quaid, who is superb in the role. I felt every emotion of his character, best I've (currently) seen of Quaid so far.
The film does a great job at making you care for not only him, but even his high school team. Speaking of which, they did a terrific job with the casting of those guys - I felt like I was watching a bunch of real teammates; Chad Lindberg, of 'The Fast and the Furious', is one of them. Even away from Quaid and Lindberg & Co., you still have Morris' family to feel for as well. There's many characters to get attached to, but I was very interested in all of them.
Fantastic stuff, I'd highly recommend you watch 'The Rookie'.
Shout by NarateVIP 5BlockedParent2022-04-09T15:28:08Z
This is a pretty crazy true story, so I had to look up the details. He had a surgery where they removed 85% of the deltoid in his surgery and he was somehow able to throw 10 mph faster than most players. Did the healing make his muscle tighter? Either way, Dennis Quaid does an awesome job even if the movie is a little slow at times.