Synopsis
During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall.
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Cast
- Tom GuiryScotty Smalls
- Mike VitarBenjamin Franklin Rodriguez
- Patrick RennaHamilton 'Ham' Porter
- Chauncey LeopardiMichael 'Squints' Palledorous
- Marty YorkAlan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan
- Brandon Quintin AdamsKenny DeNunez
- Grant GeltBertram Grover Weeks
- James Earl JonesMr. Mertle
- Denis LearyBill
- Karen AllenMom
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
The Sandlot lays down life’s little lessons with the feathery touch of a sacrifice bunt. During the ball-retreiving scenes, as the gang learns to work as a team off the field, the movie never loses its quick pace or its sense of fun. Old baseball wisdom: The best teams win with strong fundamentals. So do the best movies. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
These days too many children's movies are infected by the virus of Winning, as if kids are nothing more than underage pro athletes, and the values of Vince Lombardi prevail: It's not how you play the game, but whether you win or lose. This is a movie that breaks with that tradition, 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. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A scruffy underdog yarn that will appeal not only to kids but also to their thirty- or fortysomething parents. - 60
Washington Post
Kids will understand this stuff. If you can remember your younger, goofier roots, so will you. Sandlot isn't well made but it's alive with dopey, summertime spirit. - 50
Los Angeles Times
This “Field of Dreams” field has been plowed so many times that the land is no longer arable. Isn’t it time to cultivate a few new cliches? - 50
The New York Times
Nothing about his modest coming-of-age comedy demands anything like this awestruck approach. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
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. - 40
Empire
It's hard to believe that a bunch of scrappy kids would really be scared of a big dog, which leaves the premise of this film floundering. However the kids prove to be plucky enough to give the film some kind of motivation but the direction lacks in humour or excitement.
