

The Rookie
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- Common Sense Age 7+
- Critics Consensus 84%
- HD
- CC
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- Drama
- 2 Hours 8 Minutes
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4.4 • 187 Ratings
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This live action drama tells the extraordinary real-life story of Jim Morris (Quaid), who had to drop out of minor league baseball because of an injury to his pitching arm. Twelve years later, inspired by the young men on the championship-winning high school team he coaches, Morris is convinced to fulfill his own dream and try out for a professional team. With perseverance and confidence, he finally steps up to the plate, and after his pitching is clocked in the high nineties, he is signed to a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He makes it to the major leagues Tampa team in september of 1999.
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This live action drama tells the extraordinary real-life story of Jim Morris (Quaid), who had to drop out of minor league baseball because of an injury to his pitching arm. Twelve years later, inspired by the young men on the championship-winning high school team he coaches, Morris is convinced to fulfill his own dream and try out for a professional team. With perseverance and confidence, he finally steps up to the plate, and after his pitching is clocked in the high nineties, he is signed to a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He makes it to the major leagues Tampa team in september of 1999.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $17.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: A heart-warming sports flick, The Rookie greatly benefits from understated direction and the emotional honesty Dennis Quaid brings to the role of Jim Morris.
Sweet, engaging true story more appealing to tweens and up.
Cast & Crew
Information
- Studio
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2002 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo, Dolby 5.1)
- Additional
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French (Subtitles, Stereo), Portuguese (Subtitles), Russian (Subtitles), Spanish (Subtitles, Stereo)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.