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	Reno News and Review March 28, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The film is made all the more entertaining and substantial in that it is based on the true story of Morris, who made his major league debut in 1999 as a pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
		As the film depicts, Morris always had aspirations of big league stardom, even though his father (played by Brian Cox) would often relocate the family to areas where the schools did not have baseball programs.
		If the film has a slight flaw, it is that it fails to flesh out the subplot involving Morris' dad.
	www.newsreview.com /issues/reno/2002-03-28/Film.asp (555 words)

	The Rookie (2002) - Ninth Symphony Films Review
		A film with a G rating is fairly restricted in what it can bring to the screen argument-wise and the lack of conflict between the characters worked in tandem with the long running time to create quite a lengthy pic.
		They're a constant presence in the film and act as a sort of bell-weather for the tone of the film.
		This is a film filled with a lot of hope, and it's a nice break from the current impatient slate of films in release.
	www.moviereviewindex.com /getreview/189092 (984 words)

	The Rookie (2002)
		Watching THE ROOKIE took me back to my own experiences as a Little Leaguer, dreaming of being a star pitcher when I seemed to be forever stuck in the outfield.
		The pace of ROOKIE is easy, almost slow, in the early part of the film, but the story needs the attention paid.
		THE ROOKIE is a fun, engaging story that doesn't go for the throat, but stays on target with the truth.
	soundwavescinema.com /Cinema/2002/Rookie2002.htm (1119 words)

	Jiminy Critic Movie Reviews - Review of The Rookie (2002)
		Mostly, though, film is not the medium to register the painful astonishment of a line drive, the endless second-guessing of a long fly, the sting of lumber against leather, the long stretches of inactivity and solitude.
		In The Rookie, he seems to imply that the sport of baseball emblematizes the kind of solemn quiet that exists between a father and a son.
		Film images are the property of their respective owners.
	www.jiminycritic.com /review.asp?ReviewID=172 (1160 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| The Best Films of 2002
		Two mesmerizing musicals were the two best films of 2002 -- and I can't tell you how strange and surprising it feels to declare that since I'm not a big fan of musicals.
		Navigating the cliché-clogged, slippery-slope obstacle course of the feel-good family film genre has to be one of the hardest challenges of modern moviemaking.
		Set in the most furtive, cutthroat corners of the film industry, this tense and pensive, Tolstoy-inspired, digital-noir dark showbiz farce stars Danny Huston (son of director John Huston) in an astounding performance as a young, serpent-smirking talent agent who is diagnosed with cancer and goes on a soul-battering binge of drugs, drink and sex.
	splicedwire.com /02features/2002best.html (2375 words)

	The Rookie (2002)
		The Rookie tells the true story of two minor miracles, possibly attributed to the intercession of St.
		film isn’t itself quite miraculous, it’s still sweetly appealing, inspirational, and wholesome — a story you’re glad to learn really happened, more or less as the movie presents it, without the problematic historical footnotes that intrude upon films like A Beautiful Mind.
		The film also benefits from nicely observed touches, such as the sheepishness of the scene in which Morris, furtively looking this way and that, feeling like a fool, tests his fastball against a roadside radar display.
	www.decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/1728 (965 words)

	Review: Rookie, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Such is the case with The Rookie, and, while this outing will not challenge the likes of The Natural for the title of the best baseball movie ever made, it's a solid effort in its own right.
		The Rookie is faithful to its source material - the novel co-written by Morris and Joel Engel.
		The Rookie's lead, Dennis Quaid, belongs to the Kevin Costner school of acting, which is to say that he can be effective in a role as long as he isn't required to stretch beyond the strong, silent persona.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/r/rookie02.html (834 words)

	The Rookie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A film that fits the troika of being G-rated, Walt Disney-produced, and "Based on a True Story" usually revolves around subjects like cute and cuddly household pets on a quest to return home to their owners.
		The outcome of this scenario may be easy to deduce, but it's to director John Lee Hancock and screenwriter Mike Rich's credit that they tell their story with a bare minimum of cliches and not very much baseball, especially "big game" type scenes.
		Like Morris' book from which it's adapted, the film takes its time arriving at the saga of Morris and his Owls, instead starting with his childhood and how he came to be stranded in a dusty west Texas hamlet.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies4/Rookie.htm (640 words)

	EI > Reviews > The Rookie (2002)
		"The Rookie" is not nearly as good as those films, but adequately and cleanly captures the feeling of the game, the smells, the sounds, the hard work, and some of the magic.
		The film about his amazing accomplishment tells us that he went from being a Texas high school chemistry teacher and baseball coach to a big league relief pitcher.
		In "The Rookie," she makes a believable Texas woman; she even manages to look the part--tough and wiry.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/archives/rookie.php (477 words)

	THE ROOKIE (2002) - WIDESCREEN DVD
		When the town's good ol' boys spread their barbershop's hair around the outfield of the school's baseball field so as to keep deer from eating the grass seed, there is a magical evocation of a time and place that is as romantic as it is heartening.
		Cinematographer John Schwartzman shoots films with a vibrancy rarely seen since the halcyon days of MGM musicals and CinemaScope epics; I'm not sure if the same old-fashioned Technicolor process he used for Pearl Harbor was applied to The Rookie, but it looks that way on DVD.
		The film's eye-popping 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen DVD transfer is flawless to the naked eye but not so perfect as to appear inorganic--detail has not been overenhanced, nor is the saturation digitally aggressive.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/rookie2002.htm (837 words)

	The Rookie (2002)
		The Rookie chronicles the real-life story of Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid), an approaching-middle-age high school teacher and coach in Big Lake, Texas.
		After a brief introduction to Morris' childhood, the film flashes forward to the pivotal year in the story.
		The commentary track by Hancock and Quaid provides additional details that add to the enjoyment of the film: One of the reasons Quaid succeeds with this roles is because Jim Morris spent lots of time on the set and was especially protective of the way his winning team was portrayed.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=133802&buy=closed&PID=10101112&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (733 words)

	NYPOST.COM Movie Reviews: QUAID IN THE BIG LEAGUES IN 'ROOKIE' By LOU LUMENICK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		THE underrated Dennis Quaid hits a home run with "The Rookie," an honest-to-gosh, feel-good sleeper that demonstrates truth sometimes really is stranger than fiction.
		Definitely not a movie for the glucose-intolerant, "The Rookie" celebrates determination, forgiveness and the virtues of small-town America (Big Lake even has a closed Last Picture Show that formerly featured "Bang the Drum Slowly") in most entertaining fashion.
		These are minor quibbles about the G-rated "The Rookie," which otherwise qualifies as perfect family entertainment.
	www.nypost.com /movies/40804.htm (426 words)

	Fiscal Notes, September 2002
		While Texas continues to draw high-profile feature films, including Robert Rodriguez' "Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams," which was filmed in Austin and Big Bend in 2001 and 2002, film projects in the state were down in 2002 and will not meet the numbers seen in 2001, says Carol Pirie, TFC's assistant director.
		By July 2002, the promise of a major motion picture, "The Alamo," with a reported $100 million budget, had the state film industry abuzz.
		Feature films shot in the state in 2001 included "The Rookie," starring Dennis Quaid, which was filmed in Austin, Thorndale, Taylor and Arlington.
	www.window.state.tx.us /comptrol/fnotes/fn0209/lights.html (1318 words)

	AboutFilm.com - The Rookie (2002)
		The Rookie is the true story of lefty pitcher Jim Morris, whose tale is well-known in baseball circles.
		The Rookie shows all of this, patiently and with considerable charm, without ever browbeating you with broad, hackneyed writing or visual/musical cues designed to drive home the fact that this is all incredibly amazing.
		The Rookie is a treat for the whole family, and you don't even have to love baseball to enjoy it.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/r/rookie.htm (792 words)

	AFI 2002 Film Festival Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The film is a heady return to neo-realism, a sun drenched Bicycle Thief, populated mostly by non-actors...including gangs of pre-teen boys whose idea of fun is staging mock seaside battles and pantsing each other.
		Apparently the daughter was killed in an accident about a decade before the present day action, and the film shows the various effects on the mother, father, and teenage brother (who was a young boy at the time of the accident.) Artful, beautifully photographed, powerful in its imagery and evocation of emotional despair.
		Most of the politics and history were obscure and unknown to me; still the film cohered, and was one of the few films of its type to really convey the beauty of the Asian naturalistic aesthetic and the creative artistic spirit, as well as the life story of the protagonist.
	home.comcast.net /~kenru/afi2002_journal.html (3949 words)

	Rookie, The (2002): Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The pleasure of a film like this is not in wondering where it's going to go, but in knowing its exact trajectory.
		Touching and wise, with fine performances and impeccable widescreen photography, The Rookie is a rare family film that encourages kids to pursue their dreams, but not before giving full weight to the consequences.
		The Rookie is "Rudy" in a baseball uniform.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/rookie (941 words)

	The Rookie (2002)
		The Rookie is the true life story of Jimmy Morris, a school teacher and junior baseball coach who once played in the Minor Leagues, but failed to make the big time due to a shoulder injury.
		Where the Director has strived to liven up proceedings is in the filming of the actual games - these scenes are full of energy and jump off the screen.
		There are only a small number of directional sound effects that show up throughout the movie, but as this is not a special effects driven feature a more lively track is not required.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=3058 (621 words)

	Quaid hits a homer with 'The Rookie' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In an era when Hollywood movies tend to overplay, exaggerate or crudely demographically target every scene, Disney's G-rated "The Rookie" goes the other way to be a mostly believable, refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama.
		Yet some part of Jim can't quite give up on his dream, over the years the arm seems to have repaired itself, and the kids he coaches are so impressed with his speed that they make him a bet: if they win their divisional title, he has to try out for a major league team.
		Everyone going into the film is likely to know it's based on the true story of a way-over-age-has-been who somehow developed a 98 mph fastball in his retirement from baseball and went on to pitch several seasons with the Tampa Devil Rays.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/64300_rookie29q.shtml (625 words)

	Mr. Rookie (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Charming baseball movie - not unlike 2002's "The Rookie" in both feel and main character -- a promising pitcher who gave up on his dream of playing pro ball because of an injury.
		Rookie" by the team's manager and wears a spandex tiger mask to hide his identity - he still has his day job and family to think of.
		The only nit to pick is that even for this baseball lover, some of the baseball scenes went on a little too long.
	german.imdb.com /title/tt0353761 (278 words)

	The Rookie (2002): Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Cox - PopMatters Film Review
		The film begins as Jimmy (wonderfully portrayed by Dennis Quaid) is living a "responsible" life, raising his family, teaching, and coaching the baseball team.
		And in The Rookie, we get to experience this tension twice, first as the Big Lake Owls make their State Championship bid, and then when Jimmy tries out and plays for the minor leagues, before he makes it all the way to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
		The film doesn't give any reason for Jimmy's leaving the game, perhaps because doing so weakens the idea that Jimmy is meant for baseball and raises the possibility that maybe his father was right, and playing baseball was just something Jimmy wanted to do.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/r/rookie.shtml (1288 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - Press Release - November 5, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The movies are free and do not require the purchase of regular admission to the Museum, although film tickets must be reserved in advance by calling 607-547-0397.
		Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2002, the film tells the tale of two sisters who leave behind farm life to join the All-American Girls Baseball League in its inaugural season during World War II.
		Additionally, four films will be added to the schedule at a later date, including Angels in the Outfield, in celebration of the 2002 World Champion Anaheim Angels, and the documentary, A City On Fire: The Story of the 1968 Detroit Tigers, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Tigers' 1968 World Championship in 2003.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /whats_new/press_releases/2002/pr2002_11_05.htm (453 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| Dennis Quaid & Jim Morris interview for "The Rookie" (2002)
		Morris is the high school coach turned major league pitcher whose life is protrayed in the film.
		At a San Francisco screening of "The Rookie" a couple weeks ago Dennis Quaid helped introduce the film, in which he stars as an aging Texas schoolteacher who becomes a Major League Baseball player, by saying if it wasn't a true story, he wouldn't have even finished reading the script.
		It is an emotional story, and we kept checking in with each other while we were doing the film as well.
	www.splicedonline.com /02features/dquaid.html (1248 words)

	God Made Me Do It
		The father, who is given no name in the film, is righteously, almost beatifically matter-of-fact about his mission, and at first Fenton believes it's all just a bad dream that will go away.
		On one level, Frailty is a harrowing study of an abused child trapped by a deranged parent; wariness, cunning, and flat-out fear commingle in Fenton's precocious, aghast face.
		But the film becomes cumulatively stranger as it goes along, and it has a lulu of a kicker.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/movies/reviews/5872 (677 words)

	Jim Morris - The Rookie
		It was cut down to 3 for the film because another pitch would have taken another minute.
		Jim does appear in the film as one of the umpires (Orlando Umpire No. 2).
		In a radio interview Jim talks about the accuracy of the film, why he retired, and how his life has changed.
	www.chasingthefrog.com /reelfaces/therookie.php (767 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "The Rookie"
		"The Rookie" is based on the true story of Jim Morris, played here by Quaid, who blew out his shoulder as a promising Minor League draftee in the early '80s.
		In the film the kids he coaches know that despite his aborted career he's still got what it takes (he can throw a ball at up to 98 miles per hour).
		"The Rookie" is Hancock's directorial debut (previously, he adapted "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" and wrote the original screenplay for "A Perfect World") and you can sometimes see him trying to steer it out of heartwarming-to-death territory.
	archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2002/03/29/rookie (1151 words)

	Print Jim Morris, Jr. Biography -- AEI Speakers Bureau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		His story is the subject of the 2002 film from Walt Disney, The Rookie, starring Dennis Quaid.
		The paperback, The Rookie, formerly known as The Oldest Rookie, was released in 2002.
		With a Walt Disney film and a major bestseller, Jim is part of the landscape of American heroes.
	www.aeispeakers.com /print.php?SpeakerID=711 (475 words)

	A Cup of Comfort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		She has published short stories and articles in various anthologies and periodicals, and has written several books, one of which won second place in the 2002 Pacific Northwest Writers Association literary contest.
		Her writing credits include seventeen books, over a hundred plays and musicals, two optioned screenplays, multiple short films, and several hundred magazine articles and interviews.
		Peggy Vincent ("All Creatures Great and Small") is the author of Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife (Scribner 2002), a memoir of her years as a home birth midwife.
	www.cupofcomfort.com /authors_courage.htm (2383 words)

	The Rookie (1990) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For example, they don't realize that he directs most of his own films and The Rookie is one of them.
		Eastwood said that he likes to make two films a year, in one he plays a typical Eastwood character like Dirty Harry or No Name, in the other he plays a different role like he did in The Bridges Of Madison County.
		Pairing these two actors in one film is a genius of casting in my book, it is a perfect blend of veteran know-how and youthful enthusiasm.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0100514 (589 words)

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