Day 100 - 4/10/09 - Movie #98
BEFORE: I'll keep baseball week alive with this sports fantasy film...
THE PLOT: When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
AFTER: This was directed by one of the actors, Daniel Stern, so unfortunately that means that most of the acting is over-the-top, the expressions are too exaggerated. This also means that Stern's character, the pitching coach, manages to lock himself in closets or equipment rooms for most of the film, so he doesn't have to act and direct at the same time, I guess (the running joke runs thin REAL fast...) And am I supposed to believe that a National League baseball team would hire a phenom pitcher, and never prepare for the fact that he would have to bat someday? Wouldn't batting practice be required for ALL National League pitchers - so why is it such a shock to everyone when the kid has to take an at-bat? It's too cutesy and simplistic, with way too much slapstick.
RATING: 2 out of 10 strikeouts
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