This is a cute movie. I liked it. Its very good for young baseball fans!
Everyone's Hero
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Common Sense says
A bland feel-good flick with a positive message.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 4 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Everyone's Hero was written by Jane Boursaw
Parents need to know that there's very little in this movie that's objectionable. OK, so it's the same old "persevering against the odds" theme that's been done a million times. That said, it's a pleasant look back at an era when kids plastered their rooms with baseball banners and heroes could be found at every baseball stadium.
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- Families can talk about the importance of putting family first and plugging through the rough times. They can also talk about dreams and the determination needed to pursue them. Was Yankee right to take off on his own to return the bat? Could he have handled it differently to avoid putting himself in danger? Also, what does it take to be a hero? Who are the real heroes in our lives?
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What’s the Story?
Yankee Irving (Jake T. Austin) is a dedicated baseball fan who loves visiting his dad, Stanley (Mandy Patinkin) at his job at Yankee Stadium. When Babe Ruth's (Brian Dennehy) bat goes missing from the locker room on the eve of the 1932 World Series on Stanley's shift, he ends up getting fired. Yankee makes a connection between the person he saw in the locker room, Lefty Maginnis (William H. Macy), and the missing bat (voiced by (Whoopi Goldberg). With his new friend, wise-cracking baseball Screwie (Rob Reiner), Yankee sets off to find and return the missing bat. Helping Yankee on his quest is energetic tomboy Marti (Raven Symone). And Yankee's hard-working mom, Emily (Dana Reeve), believes in her family and looks after them with loving care.
Is It Any Good?
Baseball, kids, family, honor ... it's a nice legacy left by Christopher and Dana Reeve -- this was their last project before their deaths. Though a bit bland and formulaic (let's face it -- we've been desensitized by fast-moving films), this movie offers a positive message about doing the right thing and never giving up, even in the face of adversity.
It also reminds kids that dreams really can come true and that we should always put our family first, even if it means going to the ends of the earth to set things right. And with a G rating, it's one of those rare movies that's great for kids of all ages.
Movie Details
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox, Directors: Colin Brady, Christopher Reeve, Dan St. Pierre
Run time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release: 09/12/2006, DVD release: 03/20/2007
MPAA Rating: G for all audiences
Run time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release: 09/12/2006, DVD release: 03/20/2007
MPAA Rating: G for all audiences
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calling all yankees!
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ok i guess
fine movie
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cute movie
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Wonderful Family Film!
A film worthy of taking your children to. The messages imparted of friendship and perseverance and honesty and love are messages that we need to see more of in our Theatres. The only negative is the boy running away from home and the parents never closing the circle by reminding their son of the dangers of going out on his own.
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Finally..good clean animation!
We were glad to be able to take our kids to a movie that was actually made for kids. There didn't appear to be the lure of analogies, euphimisms or just straight crude terms that are supposedly appealing to adults. Good clean kids movie! Can't wait for it to come out on DVD.
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Good basic story with a moral
My 5 year old didn't get the more subtle implications, we had to discuss how he shouldn't have run away, but that he kept trying even though he wasn't a great player. Really a pretty clean cut movie with animation of a baseball and bat. He understood the little bit of violence was sort of slapstick like.
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Great For Kids
This was the first animated film I've watched with my 6 Year old that I will be proud to own. Compared to the "farting, burping, sexual innuendo,dumbing down of America, etc." world of modern animation, it was refreshing. It was wonderful to sit with my son and have him express curiosity in things that were at his level of understanding. He wondered why the father lost his job for something he didn't do. He was curious as to why a little kid would run away (expressing that he would never do that), etc. It was great!
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Same concept with every movie, but okay I guess...
I wouldn't highly recommend this movie, but if you're a baseball fan then maybe it'll appeal to you.
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The horror....
This movie was so idiotic it was almost scary. I mean, a talking baseball and bat? A kid named Yankee? What freak names their kid Yankee, some kind of obsessive Yankees fan? This also is not a good example for kids. Yankee goes off on his own to a city half-way across the country to return Babe Ruth's bat, alone and unsupervised. They're is a lot of potty humor and things, and Yankee gets bullied around a lot. Yankee also lied to the baseball by saying he would return it to the sandlot, which he never did. The bat is rude and way too talkative, the baseball has great disdain towards the bat...yeah, stuff like that. Plus, they let a 10 year old bat in the stinkin' World Series! That's not realistic at all. Couldn't they focus on a team other than the Yankees? What about the Red Sox? You know, the curse of the Bambino and all that? Overall, this movie STUNK. DO-NOT-WATCH-IT!!!!!!!!!
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give itVery cute movie!!!
I am the mother of 2 wonderful boys who absolutely LOVES this movie!!! The first day I bought it, they watched it 4 times! Yeah, I agree, it does have a little bit of "violence"(throwing, name-calling), but what kid going to school doesn't see this stuff anyway nowadays. Even as parents, who are constantly trying to shield our kids from things we think will hurt them, LIFE WILL STILL HAPPEN regardless!!! Parents should be there with them watching the movie and explain the whys and why nots to certain behaviors we don't think acceptable. Over all, I think this movie is a great show, but that is MY opinion.
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