It's a shallow, treacly movie for children too little to question its many pointless puerilities.
Everyone's Hero
No matter where life takes you, always keep swingin'
2006 · 1h 27m · G
Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Christopher Reeve
,
Colin Brady
,
Dan St. Pierre
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Everyone's Hero
Overview
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Director and cast
- Christopher Reeve Director
- Colin Brady Director
- Dan St. Pierre Director
- William H. Macy as Lefty Maginnis (Voice)
- Jake T. Austin as Yankee Irving (voice)
- Rob Reiner as Screwie (voice)
- Ritchie Allen as Officer Bryant
- Mandy Patinkin as Stanley Irving (voice)
- Richard Kind as Hobo Andy / Maitre D' (voice)
- Cherise Boothe as Rosetta Brewster
- Robert Wagner as Mr. Robinson (voice)
- Jesse Bronstein Cast
- Raven-Symoné Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A sweet but very forgettable animated adventure.
The movie is a feast of miscalculations.
... a modestly engaging mix of broad comedy and nostalgic fable, spiked with a few unwelcome sprinklings of gross-out gags.
Everyone's Hero is a sweet, inspirational movie that doesn't offer any surprises, but entertains youthful audiences in a gentle, almost old-fashioned way.
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