Synopsis
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.
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Cast
- Danny GloverGeorge Knox
- Tony DanzaMel Clark
- Brenda FrickerMaggie Nelson
- Ben JohnsonHank Murphy
- Joseph Gordon-LevittRoger
- Jay O. SandersRanch Wilder
- Taylor NegronDavid Montagne
- Milton Davis Jr.J.P.
- Christopher LloydAl the Angel
- Tony LongoTriscuit Messmer
Recommendations
- 70
Chicago Reader
But as a neo-Dickensian Disney exercise in old-fashioned sentiment this has a certain charm and a sense of human decency that tended to win me over. - 60
Time Out
Fans should enjoy it; parents won't suffer too much. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
At Angels‘ end, Al tells Roger, ”We’re always watching.” That’s more than audiences will say about this disappointing movie. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The baseball action isn't very interesting because the angels (led by Christopher Lloyd) manipulate the outcomes. And the human interest stuff is canned and unconvincing. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
This remake of the 1951 family fantasy is strictly minor league, struggling mightily to balance heartwarming sentiment with sporty sight gags, yet never getting beyond second base. - 50
Variety
The term “crowd-pleasing” is frequently overused, but it applies to this — the latest in a line of so-so baseball movies, which serves up its corn so unabashedly it’s hard to take offense at its sappiness. - 30
Los Angeles Times
The sap in this movie rises almost as high as the Angels. It's a special kind of kiddie sentimentality: fantastical and self-congratulatory. - 30
Austin Chronicle
So syrupy-sweet in its depictions of the game, angels, orphans, children's wishes, and estranged parents, that it may be all you can do to keep from taking a Louisville Slugger to the projectionist.
