I really enjoyed this movie. And especially Andrew scheinmans direction of it, can't believe he didn't direct anything else. The use of run around sue during the montage was great . And some great camera angles during the gameplay, Also liked that he didn't Hollywood up the ending. Its defininitly up there with sandlot, and better than rookie of the year and angels in the outfield IMO.
shareSaw it again tonight. The baseball action was more realistic than most baseball movies, utilizing glimpses of several actual players is a bonus.
To me, the kids behaved more like kids than they do in a great many movies and TV shows about kids. That was the first thing I liked.
While the idea of the kid owner becoming manager is not truly realistic, I think that IF that were to happen, they handled it about as realistically as they could.
But you are not supposed to closely watch for anything that doesn't seem 100% real. You are supposed to say, "If a kid were managing a big league ballclub, what sort of funny things might happen?" In this film there were lots of laughs, including a few good stats thrown in by the Twins' radio announcer, as handed to him by his silent assistant.
To me, it is one of the funniest movies I ever saw that has baseball as a focal point.