There are all sorts of problems with this movie, which I will leave for others to point out.
At its best, this movie tells a wonderful story, that of a little boy who loves baseball but isn't very good at it. He is granted an astounding opportunity, that he doesn't even ask for: he gets to play baseball with one of the early greats, Honus Wagner, against one of the early Satans - and greats - Ty Cobb. It is every little boy's fantasy, and he gets to live it.
The rest of the movie is sentimental, like a Hallmark Hall of Fame special. That's all very nice, of course.
But the little boy's fantasy, which will be understood by any man who has not grown so old as to have forgotten what it was like to be a little boy, is golden.
I have no idea if this movie has anything to say to women. Perhaps not. I've never been a woman, so I can't say.
But if you were ever a little boy and loved baseball, no matter how bad you were at it, this movie has a lot to say to you.
At its best, this movie tells a wonderful story, that of a little boy who loves baseball but isn't very good at it. He is granted an astounding opportunity, that he doesn't even ask for: he gets to play baseball with one of the early greats, Honus Wagner, against one of the early Satans - and greats - Ty Cobb. It is every little boy's fantasy, and he gets to live it.
The rest of the movie is sentimental, like a Hallmark Hall of Fame special. That's all very nice, of course.
But the little boy's fantasy, which will be understood by any man who has not grown so old as to have forgotten what it was like to be a little boy, is golden.
I have no idea if this movie has anything to say to women. Perhaps not. I've never been a woman, so I can't say.
But if you were ever a little boy and loved baseball, no matter how bad you were at it, this movie has a lot to say to you.