Film2002127 min

The Rookie

Name: The Rookie
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 2002
Duration: 127 min
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones

Taste attributes: dramafamilysportswholesomerealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition

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"Sometimes dreams come back to life."

Boxlist takeA wholesome family film, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

6.8/10

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Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

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Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

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