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The Rookie

The Rookie

Release Date:Rating:

March 29th, 2002
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Genres:

Drama, Family

Subgenres:

Baseball, True Story

Plot Synopsis:

When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player,...
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Credits:

Directed: John Lee Hancock Written: Mike Rich
Starring: Dennis Quaid, , Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones
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sheep233
sheep233
Good sports movie. You'll probably like it, not a masterpiece but still good.
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Posted sep 5, 2009 12:40 am pt

mackski
mackski
A pretty good baseball movie that my whole family enjoyed. It always nice to see these "based on a true story" that has a feel good theme to it. Dennis Quaid does a fantastic job of playing Jim Morris and brings that special something...
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Posted feb 23, 2009 9:10 am pt

trayce13
trayce13
Such a great movie. Well told. I love Dennis Quaid. I love when his players make the bet with him and then when he takes his kids to tryouts. A feel good movie from start to finish.
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Posted jan 24, 2008 8:50 am pt

Reaganfan
Reaganfan
Mostly I'm not a spot movie fan, But this movie is such a great baseball movie I ever watch.Dennis Quaid play a real life Baseball Player name Jim Morris, who trys to fulfill his dream of becoming a Pitcher for Baseball. This make a great family...
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Posted dec 5, 2007 3:15 am pt

chinadollM9
chinadollM9
True stories are the best!! I love to hear how someone faced a situation, how everything was against their success and yet they made it! Dennis Quaid did a fantastic job portraying Jim Morris.

Jim Morris said he wanted people to walk...
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Posted apr 16, 2007 2:15 am pt

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Critics Score Card

  • [+] The New York Times
    90
  • [+] Washington Post
    90
  • [+] Washington Post
    90
  • [+] Wall Street Journal
    90
  • [+] Entertainment Weekly
    83
  • [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    83
  • [+] Salon.com
    80
  • [+] Rolling Stone
    80
  • [+] Chicago Reader
    80
  • [+] Los Angeles Times
    80
  • [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
    80
  • [+] USA Today
    75
  • [+] Charlotte Observer
    75
  • [+] Portland Oregonian
    75
  • [+] ReelViews
    75
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MetaScore: 72/100

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