Little Big League (1994)

To me, this movie is perfection.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Billy Heywood (Luke Edwards) lives with his single mother Jenny (Ashley Crow). His unassuming grandfather Thomas (Jason Robards) owns the Minnesota Twins. After his death, he bequeaths the Twins to Billy. Lou Collins (Timothy Busfield) is the star player. George O'Farrell (Dennis Farina) is the bombastic manager. Arthur Goslin (Kevin Dunn) is the GM and Mac Macnally (John Ashton) is the pitching coach. The team is a mess. O'Farrell opposes signing Ricky Henderson and Billy fires him. Billy decides to coach the team himself.This is a solid kids movie. It is a dream come true for any young baseball lover. Billy is wise beyond his years and smarter than the adults. There are lessons to be learned, hard decisions to make, and the overarching joy of baseball. It also helps to have real MLB teams and the real parks.

Only kids would like this movie or find it funny, because only a kid would be entertained by the idea of a kid being in charge of adults. This movie was terrible from many angles.Acting: Bad. Can't say much more than just bad. Luke Edwards was terrible. He has the range of Keanu Reeves, he never showed any emotion other than indifference.Humor: It absolutely was NOT funny. I was begging for a chuckle even.Story: It would be fitting to use a baseball analogy here: Swing and a miss.As a baseball fan, I can't imagine the game being insulted by having a kid manage a professional team. I wouldn't care if the kid was an all out baseball savant (as this kid was), managing a team is still managing people and personalities which takes more than just statistical knowledge to do.Grown men will not take to being managed or led by a child, especially macho, testosterone driven athletes. I thought the players reaction to the news of their new manager was far more tempered than it would really be. Those ball players would have been far more objectionable, not to mention the commissioner of baseball.This kid never came across as a bold an audacious boy, but that's exactly what it would require for a boy to put himself in charge of a baseball team. I wasn't interested in seeing how the story would play out. I'm sure they eventually warmed up to him, the team started winning, the mom dated the ball player and everyone lived happily ever after. If this were a better movie I would watch it to the predictable end, but this was just a huge Kansas City Royals flop.

I really think this movie was done exceptionally well. The humor wasn't just the standard nose-picking, mud-throwing, loud-farting jokes that are so standard in kids movies. This movie was actually well written! I laughed the whole way through it, it's really too bad it gets put in the same class with movies like Rookie of the Year and The Big Green. It's so much more sophisticated (strange word to use to describe a kids movie...I know) as far as the writing style and humor goes than any of those other movies were. I really think that adults may enjoy this movie more than kids, because kids may not get all the jokes. It's disappointing that it will never be seen by so many because of the type of movie that it is and the way it was marketed.

A charming fantasy/comedy,etc. about a junior high school kid who inherits the Minnesota Twins from his late grandfather and soon takes over as manager. He then convinces his players to have fun. After all, they are getting paid to play baseball.I think it works well on all counts. Watch for cameos by real life Major Leaguers. Sit back and enjoy!!*** out of ****