A positive review of a very upbeat and rewarding film.

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2002)

I took my Grandchildren to see this movie,and was happy to see that an enjoyable family movie can still be made. There was no profanity, violence or sex, and yet I enjoyed it as much as the children, if not more. Dennis Quaid was very convincing as a baseball pitcher, and the rest of the cast were great, also. I have been a baseball fan for a great many years, (a former Brooklyn Dodger fan), so I enjoyed the baseball scenes as well as the scenes depicting the difficulties of providing for and raising a family while not giving up a dream. We all left the theater feeling good, which is not always the case.