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Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York ... see more see more... , Karen Allen , Brandon Quintin Adams , James Earl Jones , Grant Gelt , Shane Obedzinski , Denis Leary , Art La Fleur , Bob Apisa , Keith Campbell , Victor di Mattia , Chuck Fick , Arliss Howard , Herb Muller , Garret Pearson , Marley Shelton , Maury Wills , Cleve Hall , Robbie T. Robinson , Shari Rhodes , Wil Horneff , Dennis Williams , Daniel Zacapa , Victor DiMattia , Art LaFleur

The Sandlot is sparsely narrated by the main character (now an adult) who occasionally drops in on the action to comment on events or help move the story along. Tom Guiry plays Scotty Smalls, the shy ... read more read more...new kid on the block who wants to join the rowdy pickup baseball team that plays every day in the neighborhood sandlot. But he doesn't know how to catch a baseball, and his stepfather (Dennis Leary) is too busy to teach him. He tries out for the sandlot gang anyway, and though he isn't very good, it turns out he's lucky: there happen to be only eight of them, and nine makes a team. The summer passes blissfully as Scotty learns to play ball under the wing of Benny Rodriguez (Mike Vitar), the oldest and best player, as well as Ham, Squints, Repeat, and the rest of the kid-eccentrics. The skies darken, however, when Benny literally knocks the stuffing out of the team's only baseball, a sign of impending doom, or worse, bad luck. Wanting to set things right, Scotty returns home and "borrows" his stepfather's ball, which he promptly uses to hit his first home run, knocking the ball clear out of the sandlot into mean old Mr. Mertle (James Earl Jones)'s junkyard, home to Mertle's legendary guard dog The Beast. Scotty admits that he took the ball without asking, and he naively explains that his stepfather will want it back since it had a woman's name written on it: some lady named Babe Ruth. Horror-stricken, the sandlot gang mobilizes to fetch the autographed ball from the clutches of The Beast, building a series of mechanical ball-retrieval machines which get progressively more complicated and preposterous as The Beast's size grows in their imaginations. ~ Anthony Reed, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: David M. Evans, Chauncey Leopardi, David Mickey Evans, Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, Karen Allen, Marty York, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Tom Guiry

Release Date: April 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: January 29, 2002

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  • fb729949618
    September 26, 2011
    fb729949618
    Grew up on this amazing movie. It's always gonna be special to me.
  • DreamExtractor
    August 19, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    The Sandlot is one of the greatest baseball and family movies of all time. Its got a great plot,, great characters, and it is a american classic.
  • movieguru12
    July 26, 2011
    movieguru12
    Love It, part of my 90's childhood & I watched it last night for the first time since I was a little kid. A great film with great messages.

    Babe Ruth: "Remember kid, hero's are forever but legends never die. Follow your heart and you'll never go wrong."
  • ajv2688
    May 18, 2011
    ajv2688
    I like baseball and movies about baseball well enough, but I saw this movie too many times when I was a kid, I just got sick of it. Maybe I'll be able to watch it again soon, and give it a proper review.
  • fb619846742
    November 22, 2010
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    How can you not love this movie? Just a classic throwback to the times when we were kids and when baseball and growing up were a fun time. Sure, corny and cliched and all that, but still an indisputable classic.
  • fb733768972
    October 1, 2010
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    The Sandlot is an awesome kids film that had me laughing for hours. This is what a true kids comedy is all about. With humor that is also suited for adults, it's a film for the ages. I Loved the Sandlot since the second that the film finished my first time around!
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    July 23, 2010
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    C+
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    July 2, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    The Sandlot is another one of my childhood classic films. This film is timeless. Every time you watch it gets better and better. The film is very funny and silly. The cast does a great job and all of them bring something special to the table, and it elevates the film to something... read more very memorable. This is the perfect film to watch if you've seen it when you where a kid, and you want to take a trip down memory lane. The Sandlot is a definitive classic and if you've seen it when you were 8 or 9 you need to watch this one again. A truly terrific film that will definitely appeal to you if you love a comedy with heart.
  • sanjurosamurai
    February 12, 2010
    sanjurosamurai
    i rewatch this flick all the time because its a favorite of my kids, which is excellent for me because as a teenager it was a favorite of mine as well. this film helps me relive my own childhood possibly better than any ever made. baseball, camp outs, good, long, hard kisses wi... read moreth girls youre crushing on, carnival rides and the fourth of july. this movie has everything a kid needs. i remember watching it in the theater as a 12 year old and it holds its magic today. wonderful and charming flick.
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    June 5, 2009
    LoughnerWasLucid
    yea since my art teacher made me watch this about 300 times i think i like it but i cant watch for atleast a few years

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Critic Reviews

Leonard Klady
March 26, 2009
Leonard Klady, Variety

Sweet and sincere, the film is also a remarkably shallow wade, rife with incident and slim on substance. Full Review

Janet Maslin
August 30, 2004
Janet Maslin, New York Times

Nothing about his modest coming-of-age comedy demands anything like this awestruck approach. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Predictable as the movie is, the Field of Dreams quality is not the only thing to like about The Sandlot. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This is a movie... that allows its kids to be kids, that shows them in the insular world of imagination and dreaming that children create entirely apart from adult domains and values. Full Review

Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

The Sandlot isn't well made but it's alive with dopey, summertime spirit. Full Review

Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

Older kids and overgrown ones too probably will notice that nothing much ever happens in this belabored suburban variation on The Little Rascals. Full Review

Bob Cannon
April 1, 1993
Bob Cannon, Entertainment Weekly

Old baseball wisdom: The best teams win with strong fundamentals. So do the best movies. Full Review

Jeremy Conrad
March 22, 2011
Jeremy Conrad, IGN Movies

This is a movie for anyone who has ever loved baseball and for anyone who enjoys the American Graffiti/Stand by Me style of narrative. Highly recommended. Full Review

March 22, 2011
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The comedy is broad, cartoonish, and quite funny in a faux Little Rascals manner. The movie is almost completely derivative, but that's part of the fun. Full Review

Emma Cochrane
March 21, 2011
Emma Cochrane, Empire Magazine

For every Field of Dreams there are a dozen lesser, completely incomprehensible baseball movies. This is one of them. Full Review

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