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Star Trek heads an all-star line-up of some of Hollywoods brightest young stars as Cesar who returns to his native Monterey Mexico after his major league career is cut short. CHICAGO The 1957 Little League team from Monterrey Mexico was the first non- US.

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Ever present in the well-directed sports movie is their faith through the mentorship of Father Estaban the towns Catholic priest played by Cheech Marin.

. Based on a true story a group of poor Mexican kids form a baseball team and defy all odds by getting a shot at playing ball in the Little League World Series in the USA. Audience Reviews for Perfect Game. Since audiences are most moved by the ending most people will like this movie.

No strange-looking characters no special effects. The Perfect Game about a ragtag Mexican team. Now that The Blind Side effect has worn off its time to check out The Perfect Game.

1 hour 58 minutes. Audience Reviews for The Perfect Game. PG 1 hr 58 min.

With a good dose of humor the characters stand up to bigotry overcome disappointments and triumph on the mound in The Perfect Game. It is based on a true story and features real people and real human drama there is some emotional intensity. Kidzworld finds out if The Perfect Game is a homerun.

The film The Perfect Game is a great story of the underdog defeating adversity at home and in public. 4 4 votes Rating. April 16 2010 by HighRoad Entertainment.

Sure to be a favorite among kids and parents alike The Perfect Game from director William Dear. The Perfect Game Movie Review. Friday Apr 16 2010.

Clearly The Perfect Game writer W. In the late 1950s Cesar Faz a Mexican immigrant is a towel boy for the St. Illustrating that a film can stay faithfully true to the real-life events it depicts and still come across as.

4 4 votes Rating. Movie Times Tickets. William Winokur and director William Dear have the answer.

Top 200 of all time. Cesar wants a shot at being a coach. Once in a very long time a film based on a true story is both true and almost too good to be a story.

The Perfect Game is harmless and good hearted but it feels too cliche and unmemorable to be. This young team of Mexicans band together against all odds to form a Little League team in Monterey to be entered into the 1957 competition against the powerhouses of 12-year old baseball Americans. My 11 year old son and I loved this movie.

April 18 2010. THE PERFECT GAME is a corny television movie up to the very end which hits the emotional ball out of the park. Directed by William Dear.

The Perfect Game Film Review. Just a charming cathartic ultimately uplifting film. B aseball movies generally lean toward the mawkishly uplifting an inclination wholly embraced by The Perfect Game which resorts to such corniness that one can practically hear the screen crunchingBased on the real life story of the 1957 Mexican Little League baseball team that emerged from poverty to win the World Series William Dears saga is awash in.

Comedy Drama Family Sport. Clifton Collins Jr Cheech Marin. The Perfect Game Directed by William Dear Cast.

The Perfect Game is harmless and good hearted but it feels too cliche and unmemorable to be an effective sports film. The Perfect Game Film Review. From the director of Angels in the Outfield comes the incredible true story of the underdog foreign Little League team who inspired two nations.

There are no featured audience reviews for Perfect Game at this time. See All Audience Reviews Movie TV guides. Finding an uplifting real-life sports story so you can slap.

It succeeds in the first task facing any inspirational sports movie. April 16 2010 by HighRoad Entertainment. Moises Arias Hannah Montana Jake T.

Barely dramatizing off-the-field struggles like visa problems and the boys first taste of good ol American racism the film does a disservice to the community it depicts by rendering an inspiring cultural story entirely uninspired. A foot shorter and a game better. Up to 24 cash back The Perfect Game Critic Reviews Ratings Favorite Movie Button.

Film Review The Perfect Game Swing and a miss. Clifton Collins Jr Cheech Marin Moises Arias. The Perfect Game is a notch above Dears other work mostly due to the overqualified cast stocked with such character actors as Cheech Marin Emilie de Ravin whos actually bad as a tough.

CHICAGO The 1957 Little League team from Monterrey Mexico was the first non-. Perhaps anticipating any suspicion William Dear intercuts newsreel footage from 1957 with The Perfect Game frequently piping into the past for black and white and then segueing into the color. Take for example the new baseball pic The Perfect Game.

Right off the bat this based-on-a true-story film hits home the amazing journey these little leaguers traveled to get to WIlliamsport PAs coveted championship field. Team to win that leagues. Release date April 30 2010.

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