Yech

Rating: Null/10 (29 August 2002)

Boy was I disappointed in this movie! Cliches, cliches, and more cliches. What a screenplay it could have...and should have...been since it actually was a dream come true for Jim Morris. My biggest complaint is how joyless Quaid's Morris was. I mean, come on! It was evidently written to make Morris look like he was not having any fun whatsoever and that ruined the movie for me. Considering how likeable Quaid always seems with his infectious grin, this role of a sad-sack was a real downer.
There are a lot of great movies out there about baseball and how grown men are thrilled to be playing a young man's game. Watch them again and don't bother with this one! Even The Perfect Game was better than The Rookie....which shows you how much I didn't like this one!