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Catch the movie that flew over the fence and into the hearts of millions of cheering fans! It's Disney's ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD, the feel-good film of the year about a young boy praying for a father -- and a struggling baseball team praying for a pennant. Danny Glover plays George Knox, the frustrated coach of the California Angels, a ragtag team of major-league misfits who are down on their luck. But things begin to look up when 11-year-old Roger, their biggest fan, starts giving Knox some winning tips from a real live angel named Al (Christopher Lloyd). The team miraculously climbs back into the pennant race ... all the while learning to believe in themselves. With its heavenly mix of outrageous comedy, dazzling special effects, and amazing baseball action, Disney's ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD is an entertainment home run for the whole family!Amazon.com
This effects-heavy, 1994 remake of the 1951 film starring Janet Leigh and Keenan Wynn is all computer-generated pizzazz, with none of the charm or imagination of the original. Aimed squarely at children this time, the story focuses on a boy who gets some divine intervention on behalf of his favorite ball club. Christopher Lloyd plays the head angel, and Danny Glover is good as the team's manager, but the real star of the film--for better or worse--is the software that makes a glowing, celestial presence on the field seem real. --Tom Keogh
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First off I wanted to say that I hate this movie. The only good thing is dogface. I just like looking at the cover to see wrinkley ol’ dogface. Some times I cut his picture out and feed him dogfood. Jeez, this movie sucks. Danny Glover?! Where’s that one other guy from lethal weapon?! AND NO GARY BUSEY?! YOU B@#%#$@*!!!!! But i gotta give ‘em points for the dogface. No dogface no movie. That dogface…..i liked himm……loved…..funny…when….remember that one part….
PS:Dogface is Danza. I loved the dogdace. A wrinkley guy playin baseball?! Sounds like a sitcom!!!!!! Or a bad movie!
Rating: 5 / 5
Angels in the Outfield
This movie is not funny (unless you like to watch people to fall down), it’s not charming, it’s not warm, it’s not good. Like most movies of their genre, the acting is very second rate. I could only see liking for nostalgic reasons. The same recycled plot really doesn’t capture anything here. The Disney machine cranks out another loser.
Rating: 1 / 5
Angels in the Outfield
Not-very-good remake about a last-place baseball team(the then-California Angels; the now-ANAHEIM Angels, thanks to Disney) which gets their help from Heaven all thanks to a little boy who just wants his father back.
Innocuous plotting and dialogue doesn’t help much and why in the HECK would anyone want their kids to think that angels are biased spirits who help random sports teams CHEAT?!? Imagine explaining to your child that the very reason he didn’t win was because there were no angels there to help his or her team…
I suppose all that wasn’t the point, however. The movie just suffers from over-silliness and shows us that even though we have needless suffering throughout the planet, God will take his angels and let them play ball in order to help a child in need of role model(even though his sweet caregiver will do nicely). And can somebody tell me what kind of an orphanage will let their children go to a baseball game day after day even if it means travelling all over the CONTINENT???
The least favorite of all my favorite sports-movies is still okay for kids but I’m not entirely sure they’ll fall for it either.
Followed by “Angels in the Endzone”(from Disney’s quickee-department) and the enomously idiotic “Angels in the Infield”(from the part of Disney’s department that’s headed by six-year-olds).
Rating: 2 / 5
Angels in the Outfield
Foster-child Roger (Joseph Gordon-Leavitt) prays for the California Angels to win the pennant in the mistaken belief that it will lead to reconciliation with his father (Dermot Mulroney). Angels begin to intervene on the Angels’ behalf, bringing hope, faith, and a renewed sense of self-worth to bitter manager George Knox (Danny Glover) and his clumsy team. Diabetics should avoid this film at all costs. It goes for easy sentimentality every step of the way, leading to a very predictable outcome. Kids may like it, though I don’t want to be the one to explain why God would pick sides in a sports contest, especially since He and His angels ought to be well aware that answering Roger’s prayers will not lead to the outcome he so desperately desires. Oh well, if you can put your brain on hold and get misty-eyed over a stadium full of spectators flapping their arms like angels, you ought to have a good time.
Rating: 2 / 5
Angels in the Outfield
Disney took its turn to make a baseball movie about 8 years ago, and remade the 1951 movie with the same title. The main team is this movie is (then) Califoral Angles. The movie stars Danny Glover, Branda Flicker, Tony Dnza and Christopher Lloyd (in his last movie of 1994). The Angles are on a losing streak, but still keep two young boys as fans and they are Roger Baumont (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and J.P (Milton Davis Jr).
Rating: 5 / 5
Angels in the Outfield