Angels in the Outfield
1994
| Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: July 15, 1994 |
Starring:
Ben Johnson, Brenda Fricker, Christopher Lloyd, Danny Glover, Jay O. Sanders, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milton Davis Jr., Taylor Negrón, Tony Danza, Tony Longo
Summary:
When a boy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.
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A smooth-swinging fable that lays solid wood on the issues that matter. [15 July 1994, p.F]
The plot in Angels in the Outfield plods some, enough to make younger kids fidget. Once the premise is established, the movie relies on a noisome reporter threatening to expose the celestial help to add suspense. The humor is aimed squarely at kiddies and is of the nerdy-guy-sits-on-a-tray-of-nachos variety. [15 July 1994, p.G4]
Tepidly tolerable to under-8s. [15 July 1994, p.5D]
There's nothing really awful about Angels in the Outfield." But it never becomes more than an efficient, by-the-numbers reworking of the 1951 baseball fantasy about cellar-dwellers turned pennant-winners with a little supernatural help. [15 July 1994, p.41]
A big dripping scoop of marshmallow sentiment topped with whipped-cream spirituality. [15 July 1994, p.C10]
May 16, 2021
One if my favorite movies of all time, I believe is an extremely underrated movie. Features Christopher lloyd, Tony danza, and is pretty dont even as an adult.
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Nov 7, 2018
I love loved this as a kid. It's just a feel good movie. It has a little bit of depth but lots of fun.
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