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The Pride of the Yankees

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8.

  • Is it any good?

    5.0

  • Common Sense says

    Heartwarming baseball classic for tweens and up.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 8 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Lou is a great role model for his commitment to his work, humility, and honesty. There are some pranks, though. Lou accidentally breaks a shop window playing t-ball. He lies to his mom about playing baseball and attempts to lie to his wife about his health. Several Yankees play poker.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    There's a lot of general rough-housing among the Yankees, involving shoving, pushing, and hitting. Lou attacks a fraternity brother who pulls a prank on him. Lou is hit on the head with a baseball during a game. Later, a Yankee punches out another.

  • Sexy stuff:

    Lou and Eleanor kiss a few times, playfully wrestle with each other, and there's one mention of "making love."

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Several men drink beer, but no one drinks to excess. One man jokes that he'll "go away and drink himself to death." Another man mentions an opium pipe.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Pride of the Yankees

Parents need to know that this film, about baseball legend Lou Gehrig, is free of extreme violence or sexual references and Lou himself is a role model for his humility and work ethic. Young kids may be disturbed by Gehrig's illness and the talk of death, however, and it may be too emotionally intense for them. There are bouts of mild violence, including Gehrig getting hit on the head with a baseball and getting into a fight with a man who's trying to humiliate him.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about whether there are any sports stars today who are good candidates for a similar movie. Are there sports stars who are also good role models for their kindness, dignity, and humility? How have sports changed since Gehrig was the Iron Man of Baseball? Which stars today aren't good role models and why? Kids who are new to Gehrig's story may want to read up on him and read about the disease that eventually lead to his departure from baseball.
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