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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: April 7, 1993 |
Starring:
Art LaFleur, Brandon Quintin Adams, Chauncey Leopardi, Grant Gelt, Marty York, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Shane Obedzinski, Tom Guiry, Victor DiMattia
Summary:
In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
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THANKS to the boys of summer - nine wonderful child actors - and a sweetly nostalgic story well told by writer-director David Mickey Evans, The Sandlot is a winner. [9 Apr 1993, p.3F]
That's what The Sandlot repeatedly does: Confound your expectations. It's a charming and hilarious flick for kids (boys in particular will eat it up) that feels remarkably fresh, even during its occasional foray into cliche land. [7 Apr 1993, p.E1]
These days too many children's movies are infected by the virus of Winning, as if kids are nothing more than underage pro athletes, and the values of Vince Lombardi prevail: It's not how you play the game, but whether you win or lose. This is a movie that breaks with that tradition, that allows its kids to be kids, that shows them in the insular world of imagination and dreaming that children create entirely apart from adult domains and values.
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It's lacking in eventfulness and drama, but there's a sweetness in it that places it a cut above most synthetic children's films. As a writer and director, Evans doesn't always know where to go with his material, but at least there's some feeling behind it, and this sometimes rescues it from its becalmed predictability. [7 Apr 1993, p.49]
A baseball nostalgia piece all weirded-out by flashes of supernatural horror, this early-'60s remembrance is like sitting through a double bill of Field of Dreams and The Goonies. [7 Apr 1993, p.8D]
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Jan 20, 2022
There is a reason why this movie is iconic with a capital I. It never gets old no matter how many times you rewatch it. There is truly such thing as a cult classic, and this movie falls under that, with the "classic" emphasized.
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Apr 27, 2022
This movie is etched in time. A timecapsule frame of Family Movies.
They simply do not make features like these anymore.
They simply do not make features like these anymore.
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Jan 10, 2023
Love this movie when I was young. We had a group of a that always loved to play sports. Reminds me so much of that when I watch the movie.
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Dec 26, 2020
One of the better 90s kids movie. And one of the better 90s sports movies. Still enjoyable after 20 years.
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