Film

The Rookie

2002 · 2h 7m · Drama · Family

Sometimes dreams come back to life.

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

84%

Metacritic

72

Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

Dennis Quaid

Jimmy Morris

Rachel Griffiths

Lorri Morris

Jay Hernandez

Joaquin 'Wack' Campos

Beth Grant

Olline

Angus T. Jones

Hunter Morris

Brian Cox

Jim Morris Sr.

Rick Gonzalez

Rudy Bonilla

Chad Lindberg

Joe David West

Angelo Spizzirri

Joel De La Garza

Royce D. Applegate

Henry

Russell Richardson

Brooks

Raynor Scheine

Frank

Chris Sheffield

Catcher

Brandon Smith

Orlando Manager

Trevor Morgan

Young Jimmy

David Blackwell

Cal

• John Lee HancockDirector
• Mike RichWriter
• Gordon GrayProducer
• Mark CiardiProducer
• Mark JohnsonProducer
• Philip SteuerExecutive Producer
• John SchwartzmanDirector of Photography
• Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
• Eric L. BeasonEditor
• Ronna KressCasting

Release date

March 25, 2002

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 7m

Rated

G

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$75,597,042

Genres

Drama, Family

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