1993
Director: David Mickey Evans
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Key Elements: Story – Lines – Characters – Message
Review:
When I was a kid, my mom suggested we rent this movie form blockbuster, and I turned it down. I remembered seeing girls in swimsuits in the trailer, and I thought it would be awkward to watch with my folks. Eventually, however, I saw it and loved it.
It's another cult classic and tells the story of the wild summer had by a group of baseball loving boys. Like other movies of this genre, its charm comes from its iconic characters, memorable lines and winsome story telling.
Trailer:
Quotes:
- But I'm not good at anything, mom. Face it, I'm just an egghead.
- Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking. Just have fun. I mean, if you were having fun you would've caught that ball.
- L, 7, Weenie!
- I've been coming here every summer of my adult life, and every summer there she is oiling and lotioning, lotioning and oiling... smiling. I can't take this no more!
- You play ball like a girl!
- I don't know. Some lady gave it to him. She even signed her name on it... Ruth. Baby Ruth.
- For-ev-ver! For-ev-ver! For-ev-ver! For-ev-ver!
- You’re killing me, Smalls.
- And we did the dumbest thing anyone of us could ever have imagined.
- Let me tell you something kid; Everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either because they're too scared, or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes.
- Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong.
- Baseball was life! And I was good at it... real good.
- Bertram?... Bertram got really into the 60s, and no one ever saw him again.
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