The Rookie
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72 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Starring: Dennis Quaid
  • Summary: The extraordinary real-life story of Jim Morris (Quaid), who, twelve years after dropping out of minor league baseball because of an injury to his pitching arm, is inspired by the young men on the championship-winning high school team he coaches to fulfill his own dream and try out for a professional team.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    Scene by scene, The Rookie does a better job of capturing the rhythms and rituals of the playing field and the electricity that flows between a team and its fans than well-regarded baseball films like "Field of Dreams" and "The Natural."
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    Quaid doesn't make the best of the movie's baloney; he presents it to us as a believable truth.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    60
    What saves it is Dennis Quaid.
  4. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Bill Gallo
    20
    It's a paint-by-numbers job of the worst sort, stuffed with more tired old baseball baloney than Harry Caray and about as dramatic as shagging flies in St. Pete.

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. ryancarroll88
    3
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