IMDb plot summary: A young boy is bequeathed the ownership of a professional baseball team.
Directed by Andrew Scheinman. Starring Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, and John Ashton.
Little Big League tells the story of Billy Heywood, an 11-year-old boy whose grandfather owns the Minnesota Twins. The two bond over their love of baseball, and when the grandfather dies, he leaves the Twins to his son. After some difficulty finding the right manager to help pick up the failing team, Billy decides to quit school and manage the team himself. This is a solid but unremarkable wish fulfillment movie for kids, and while I can't think of a reason I'd want to watch it again, it was quite pleasant as I watched it. Billy is a pretty realistic kid in terms of his vacillating levels of emotional maturity. He's portrayed as a bit of a precocious genius when it comes to baseball knowledge, but most of the film isn't focused on that, but on the emotional pressure of having to live your life like an adult when you're not ready for that. The camaraderie between him and the players is sweet, the emotional beats of the story are predictable but low-key satisfying, and it ends in I think probably the best way it could have. You could do worse for a kids' sports movie.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Little Big League > Hustle & Flow
Little Big League > Dinner at Eight
Little Big League < Batman: Under the Red Hood
Little Big League > Kiki's Delivery Service
Little Big League > Crash (2004)
Little Big League < Runaway Jury
Little Big League > Innocence Unprotected
Little Big League > Another Thin Man
Little Big League > Mission: Impossible
Little Big League > Doctor Zhivago
Little Big League > Mr. Pip
Final spot: #2249 out of 3509, or 36%.
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