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	EI > Reviews > The Rookie (2002)
		It is a real baseball movie in the vein of "Bull Durham" which next to "Bang The Drum Slowly" is one of the best sports films ever made.
		"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.
		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)

	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)

	Dennis Quaid: The Rookie - Movie
		Sports movies are often less about sports and more about beating the odds to capture a dream held close to the heart.
		This is a movie that people who don't know the story might not like it.
		Another realistic thing in this movie is when Jim comes to pitch and he's got a baby, a little daughter, and a little son.
	www.superiorpics.com /dennis_quaid/movie/2002_the_rookie.html (1651 words)

	"The Rookie" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		I am a huge baseball fan who works at a movie theather and when i first viewed the trailer for this movie i knew this would be a great movie for any family.
		The Rookie indeed hits a "home run" (or perhaps pitches a "no hitter" since Dennis Quaid realizes his dream of taking the mound in a major league ballpark.) Even my wife, no sportsfan she, was enthralled and wiped away more than one tear during some of the marvelous emotionally captivating scenes--on and off the ballfield.
		It was nice to see a movie with responsible adults in charge, typical silly teens showing their emerging adulthood by sincerely challenging Jim to reach for his dreams and then supporting him, and a marriage / family that is not perfect but real and loving.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2002/therookie.html (1909 words)

	Rookie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rookie is a term (mainly in North American usage) for a person who is in their first year of play of their sport and has little or no professional experience.
		rookie cop, rookie pilot, as a synonym for recruit), or occasionally to a freshman (especially in athletic teams).
		Rookies (in the sporting sense) can be submitted to hazing as a pledge in some clubs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rookie (285 words)

	Movie Habit: Review of The Rookie (2002), *** 1/2
		It’s the kind of movie that appeals to small-town folks who sometimes reject Hollywood movies for their seemingly foreign sense of normalcy.
		Based on a true story, The Rookie is heartfelt and uplifting, and not condescending or sappy.
		In this kind of movie, the question isn’t whether you will be surprised, the question is whether you will be moved.
	www.moviehabit.com /reviews/roo_cz02.shtml (930 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.
		And yet, it is a simpler movie with creditable characters and a plot that is as natural as it is predictable.
		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.
	www.jiminycritic.com /review.asp?ReviewID=172 (1160 words)

	The Rookie (2002) - Ninth Symphony Films Review
		Saccarin, sentimental and stuck squarely in a 'g' rating, The Rookie presents a story with a simple message that's surprisingly enjoyable.
		Dennis Quaid has made his share of uninspiring movies, but this film shows that he can carry the emotional weight of a lead role in a drama.
		And speaking of big screens, the expansive texas vistas and long lingering shots that the cinematographer felt were a necessity had their impact compounded by the editor's willingness to let those shots carry on for quite a few seconds.
	regencylady.tripod.com /site/filmreviews/therookie.html (984 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.
		Far from a perfect movie, The Rookie nevertheless feels like an old friend or even baseball itself: sort of boring, sort of stately, yet possessed of an ineffable poetry in its peaks that speaks to the young heart of old men and their sons.
		It's a new old movie in the best sense of the word, a vintage clunker that breaks down a lot, but man, is it sweet when it purrs.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/rookie2002.htm (837 words)

	Amazon.com: The Rookie (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Dennis Quaid,Rachel Griffiths,Jay Hernandez,Beth Grant,Angus T. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is a heart warming, family friendly Disney movie that is based upon the true story of Texan Jim Morris, a baseball buff and minor leagues player has been, who becomes a high school teacher and baseball coach in a town where football is king.
		Rookie is a movie for huge dreamer like me. such a movie would encourage anyone with goals and dreams for his life.
		The movie jumps from the time when Jim was a young lad in Big lake Texas to the time he grows into a chemistry teacher.
	www.amazon.com /Rookie-Widescreen-John-Lee-Hancock/dp/B000068DBE (1875 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: The Rookie (2002)
		"The Rookie," directed by John Lee Hancock, is a typical, feel-good sports movie that yearns to be like 2000's "Remember the Titans," but lacks the energy and isn't as focused.
		It is nice to see Griffiths in a larger-scale movie than she is usually used to, but she deserves better material to work with.
		"The Rookie" features a handful of memorable scenes, and the small-town feel of the proceedings is sumptuously transferred to film by cinematographer John Schwartzman (2001's "Pearl Harbor"), who makes good use of golden, sunlit hues.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/r/02_rookie.htm (725 words)

	OnWisconsin Live Movies: The Rookie
		"The Rookie" is that kind of baseball movie, warmly familiar in the sort of way that will frustrate those who favor the mechanics of the game but whose message that dreams delayed need not be denied should appeal to the dreamer in all of us.
		"The Rookie" was produced by Mark Ciardi, who was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1983 and made it to the majors in 1987.
		He was the oldest rookie pitcher in 40 years and a media phenomenon, which is how Ciardi learned of his tale.
	www.onwisconsin.com /movies/movie.asp?id=500 (707 words)

	Jim Morris - The Rookie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was a great scene for the movie, but it never actually happened.
		In an interview Jim Morris addressed this by saying, "You know, one of the things that (writer) Mike Rich (fictionalized) in the script was the radar on the side of the road.
		The thing we wanted, the message we wanted to convey was that it's not a baseball movie.
	www.chasingthefrog.com /reelfaces/therookie.php (767 words)

	2002 The Rookie - Movie reviews, trailers, clips and stills (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		THE ROOKIE tells the extraordinary real-life story of Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid), who had to drop out of minor league baseball because of an injury to his pitching arm.
		But THE ROOKIE is not really about a man fightingt he odds to fulfill his childhood dream—this guy could throw successive 98 mph fastballs.
		Morris said his father was going to see the movie at its New York premiere and the screenwriter, Mike Rich, indeed captured the relationship he had with his father.
	www.celebritywonder.com.cob-web.org:8888 /movie/2002_The_Rookie.html (646 words)

	The Rookie News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the film "The Rookie," Dennis Quaid, right, plays real-life high school baseball coach Jim Morris, who tried out for the major leagues in 1999.
		Jim Morris, who served as the inspiration for the 2002 Disney movie "The Rookie" starring Dennis Quaid, will be the featured guest speaker at the 14th annual Tennessee Leadoff Banquet.
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	www.topix.net /movies/the-rookie (612 words)

	Louisville Scene \| Movies \| Movie Review \| 'The Rookie' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The unlikely but true story of baseball's oldest rookie -- and how he got there -- is told in this affecting, sometimes poetic tale.
		Thus, viewers are treated to two old standbys of the sports movie -- a young team trying to turn around its fortunes, and an old veteran looking for redemption.
		You'll be tempted to think of "The Rookie" as a family film because of its rating, and you'll assume it's a sports movie -- both things that can limit a potential audience.
	www.courier-journal.com /scene/movies/reviews/2002/20020329rookie.html (505 words)

	IGN: The Rookie (2002) Review
		The movie then fast-forwards to show Jim Morris grown into a family man who is fully settled in this small Texas town and is coaching the high school baseball team as well as teaching science.
		Pacing here is also pretty good as the movie takes its time to tell this story and allows moments to just sink in, such as Quaid's great reaction to receiving the news that he was called up to the majors.
		The movie works thanks to Dennis Quaid's performance of Jim Morris, a story so unbelievable that just happens to be true, and a love of the game of baseball that's apparent throughout the film.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/368/368529p1.html (1251 words)

	Cinema Confidential Review: The Rookie (2002)
		Disney movies may not intentionally decide to make the bland version of live-action stories, but perhaps it’s the talent they assemble who are inadequate.
		The Rookie tells a nice story but none of it is very exciting, this is the dry, dustbowl version of a story that needs more pizzazz.
		This movie is fantasy baseball sent down from the great cornfields in the sky, but somebody behind the camera forgot that this movie is all too corny when it’s happy with itself and all too glum when it’s not.
	www.cinecon.com /reviews/therookie.shtml (805 words)

	Qwipster's Movie Reviews - Review: The Rookie (2002)
		Although there are certain contrivances that abound, THE ROOKIE rarely makes a misstep in it's narrative at any point of the lengthy 2 hour and 9 minute running length.
		Dennis Quaid is terrific as Jim Morris, and although his fastball isn't up to Morris' stuff, he certainly delivers like a pro, both in the realistic pitching motions as well as in the lines of the script.
		THE ROOKIE is a Disney movie, and rated G, so it's suitable viewing for the whole family.
	www.qwipster.net /rookie2002.htm (346 words)

	The Rookie (2002) Movie Review - The Hollywood News
		Sure, the movie does sink into the realm of over sentimentality, but it's heart is always in the right place.
		Still, he is good with his actors and his straight forward approach to the material seems to benefit the movie.
		The Rookie is a family film in the grand tradition of the Disney classics of old.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/archive/2002/the-rookie.php (467 words)

	The Rookie (2002) - Moviefone
		The Rookie (2002) Everyone else is perfect, and his is definitely on the top 10 of 2002.
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	CNN.com - Reviews: Tarantino films, 'The Rookie' - August 20, 2002
		Fittingly for a movie that drew from so much movie-nerd knowledge, the new edition packs in plenty of pop-culture study aids, including footage from the 1994 Cannes film festival, an all-Tarantino edition of ''Siskel & Ebert,'' and just about every ''Pulp'' piece ever written.
		The only thing missing is Tarantino himself; though he appears on a new making-of documentary, the famously motor-mouthed helmer doesn't provide a sorely needed commentary track (though he pops up sporadically on a so-so ''Reservoir Dogs'' cast-and-crew track).
		As a result, the special edition is just as ephemera-packed, with plenty of on-set footage, TV specials, and deleted scenes (the movie itself remains an enjoyable diversion, buoyed by Robert Forster's somber turn as an aging bail bondsman).
	archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/20/ew.review.dvd.tarantino (503 words)

	The Rookie (2002)
		The Rookie tells the true story of two minor miracles, possibly attributed to the intercession of St.
		The movie hints there these amazing events may have something to do with an old connection between the town of Big Lake and St. Rita of the impossible.
		Morris, by all accounts a modest, good-natured guy, is engagingly portrayed by Dennis Quaid, also apparently a genuinely nice guy, as well as a natural athlete and even a left-hander from Texas to boot.
	www.decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/rookie.html (965 words)

	The Rookie (2002)
		The Rookie appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, dual-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		A movie that tries too hard to be all things to all people, The Rookie falls short of its goals.
		Fans of the movie should feel generally pleased with this disc; it doesn’t excel in any way, but it maintains a decent standard.
	www.dvdmg.com /rookie.shtml (2444 words)

	CNN.com - Review: 'The Rookie' is the work of champions - March 29, 2002
		Dennis Quaid stars in "The Rookie," based on a true story.
		We know where this is going from the first shot of buttercup-sweet sunlight on Quaid's attractive, life-creased face, and from the devotional but ungussied intensity with which the actor finds the strike zone.
		We know this, too, because "The Rookie" is anchored in Morris' true story.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/29/ew.rec.rookie (231 words)

	The Rookie (2002) - A Review by David Nusair
		Not surprisingly (this is a Disney movie, after all), the team does progress to the finals and Morris must now hold up his end of the bargain.
		The first half of The Rookie, featuring the hijinks of Morris' ragtag bunch of underachievers, is undoubtedly the weakest aspect of the film.
		As Morris, Quaid proves that this is the sort of role he was born to play.
	www.reelfilm.com /rookie.htm (580 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| Dennis Quaid & Jim Morris interview for "The Rookie" (2002)
		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.
		His performance earned him a spot on their farm team that soon led to his major league debut -- where he struck out the Rangers' Royce Clayton in front of a cheering crowd of 40,000 (including half the population of his small town) at the ballpark in Arlington, Texas.
		Morris noted that Quaid's lack of physical resemblance to him (and the fact that he's 10 years older) was one of the few things fictionalized in the movie, which might strike many viewers as a sports fairy tale without that "based on a true story" title card.
	www.splicedonline.com /02features/dquaid.html (1248 words)

	Movie Review \| The Rookie (2002) Dennis Quaid, Jay Hernandez (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Since it's a true story, and in order to hype the film as such, the movie's producers, actors, and all those involved have sold the movie to the general public as a true story, which means everyone interested in a movie like this pretty much knows how it's going to end.
		The movie is actually split in two Acts, one focusing on Jimmy's life in Texas and his baseball team, and the second focusing on his trials and tribulations as he soldiers his way through the minors, never sure if he belongs or if he's deserting his family back in Texas.
		The movie has a subplot involving Jimmy and his estranged father, a Navy officer who has always been too practical and never a supporter of Jimmy's dreams.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/therookie.htm (719 words)

	The Rookie (1990) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		But the moral "lessons" of the film are even more annoying than its cliches: it seems to suggest that a "boy" becomes a "real MAN" only when he learns how to punch and kill people.
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