Good baseball, family movie

Rating: 9/10 (26 April 2002)

The Rookie is one of the better baseball movies of recent years, and even more exciting, suitable for all audiences--with the exception of people who hate baseball. It stays relatively true to the autobiography it is based on. With a G rating, it has no gratuitous foul language and nothing was added to the true story to make it warrant a more adult rating. Yet it is entertaining and touching, without being cloying. It touches more on the father-son relationships, and omits most of the husband-wife interactions from the book, so females (and males) who don't understand baseball and it's place in society may not appreciate the film.