Reviewing Movies

The Sandlot



This first outing had something magical about it. In his thirteenth year Scotty Smalls moves with his mother and step-father to a new town and is given his mother's permission to go out and make friends, enjoy himself and even get in a little trouble. He joins eight others at a local sandlot where they play an eternal game of ball without keeping score just for the glorious fun of it. There is something magical about the bonds that develop between this ensemble and the hi-jinks they get involved in.

In typical Hollywood style the producers couldn't leave well enough alone and made a pale sequel that copied many of the riffs involved in the first outing with lackluster effect. You be the judge of the inclusion of three girls in the nine. The simplicity of the sandlot is compromised by a great deal of prettying up and additions plus very little ball actually gets played.