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Everyone's Hero

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 0, age appropriate for kids over 4; suggested age 4.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    A bland feel-good flick with a positive message.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 4 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Yankee takes off on his own to return the bat and encounters peril. Lefty is rude and disrespectful. The kids at the sandlot make fun of Yankee. At least one fart joke. Lying and stealing.
  • Violence & scariness:

    The kids at the sandlot throw things at Yankee. Lefty gets kicked in the face and falls onto a railroad track and later gets smacked by the baseball bat. Yankee encounters peril on the trip.
  • Sexy stuff:

    Not an issue.
  • Language:

    "Butt," "Don't make me break out my whoopin' stick!" (uttered by the bat); the sandlot kids talk rudely to Yankee.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Some smoking among adult characters.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Everyone's Hero

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

  • 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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Most Recent Reviews

  1. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in New Hampshire
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 1.0

    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!!!!!!!!!

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Iowa
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 3.0

    ok i guess

    fine movie

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 2.0

    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.

  5. Adult Reviewer
    Anonymous
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Very 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.

  6. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 5.0

    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!

  7. Adult Reviewer
    Anonymous
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

  8. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 4.0

    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.

  9. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New Hampshire
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 5.0

    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.

  10. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 5.0

    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.

  11. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 3.0

    cute movie

  12. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

  13. Adult Reviewer
    Anonymous
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

  14. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in Michigan
    I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it 3.0

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