Konterr Brilliant and touching

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Beulah Bram A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

caseynicholson I watched this movie with a church group recently, and I found it to be a really great family friendly movie.The film chronicles the story of a Little League team from Monterrey, Mexico in the 1950's that improbably makes it to the Little League World Series and plays against teams from the United States. It features a strong faith component, is rated PG, and is very family oriented and kid friendly. One of the especially good aspects of the film is its strong promotion of equal rights, as the film does a good job presenting topics of race and racism in a constructive way. This movie is a great film to introduce your children to this tough topic, especially if your family is white. The movie provides ample opportunity for discussion about topics such as the history of segregation and the treatment of immigrants and people of color, and introduces those topics in a way that is at one and the same time poignant and yet also kid friendly.I found the film to also be well made from the standpoint of filmmaking itself--the script, plot, acting, and cinematography are all very well done. All in all I find this movie to be top notch, and as such I've given it 8/10 stars--my go-to designation for a film that is well made and enjoyable, but just a shade below the near perfect scores of 9 or 10 that I tend to reserve for my all time favorites. Despite it not quite meeting that criteria, it's nevertheless a wonderful movie that the whole family is sure to enjoy. And if nothing else, it's funny to see Cheech Marin play the role of a Catholic priest for two hours!

Tony Heck "They weigh 35 pounds less and are about 6 inches shorter, but in every other way they are like the American kids." The unbelievable true story about a little league team from Mexico with dreams of playing in the little league world series. The movie starts with Cesar (Collins Jr.) being released from the St. Louis Cardinals and moving back to Mexico. A group of kids who love baseball recruit him to be their coach. When they are finally approved to get a official little league team their journey begins. This is a fantastic movie. While I'm sure liberties were taken, this is a movie so unbelievable that it if weren't true it would be way too cheesy to be good. As it is though, this movie is a little hokey in some parts, but the fact that it's true makes it OK. For those that know the story behind this it will be very enjoyable to you. For those that don't I won't give anything away but do yourself a favor and watch this movie. Overall, a very touching baseball movie that is good for the whole family. A real like "Sandlot". I really like it, but I also am a sucker for sports movies. I give it an A-.Would I watch again? - I think I would *Also try - Chasing 3000 & Field Of Dreams

jac7 I was fortunate to see the film, compliments of studio movie grille, and I was not disappointed. I thought it was a classic "feel good" family movie. Yeah, it won't win any awards, but it will win over your heart. For some that need "deeper" in a movie for it to be worthy of praise, forget a' bout' it. It's simple and to the point, yeah, you know what's coming next, but that's alright, it's why we go the movies with our families!Get it, watch it, enjoy it. Yes, just that simple.I thought they did a good job of making it all look fifties. Just like the movie, simple times.

mdixon this isn't a good movie, it seems as if it's made by someone that's seen all the archetypal feel-good, rags-to-riches movies then tried his hand at making one without understanding how the good ones actually work. in this genre "the blind side" is fantastic, "rudy" superb, even "the sandlot" is head and shoulders above this.the main problem with this movie is that it has the gruff embittered coach who didn't really want to be, check, the grandfatherly advice giver, check, a side love interest, check, impoverished kids who want to beat the odds, check - but when strung together as things we want to cheer for it falls completely flat. everything is too shallow.I mean I know as viewers we're supposed to do xyz at abc but the movie's job is to lead us to those points which make us want to reflexively cheer. this movie seems to use those recognizable spots simply as the indication that "ok audience, here's where you cheer". that's not how it works. things in this movie seem to just happen for no real reason except the feel-good format requires them. the build-up scenes seem disjointed/incomplete so there's no build-ups, the pay-offs ("hurray" "cheer" "you go!") appear out of nowhere making them utterly unsatisfying because they were unexpected.I had very little expectation other than to watch something fun and marginally gratifying for a couple hours but even with such a low bar this movie fails. I should add that I could only take a little over half of this movie but in fairness how many times can one watch something lousy saying "this stinks, I hope it gets better; this stinks, I hope it gets better; this stinks... the end"?