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The Perfect Game
Overview
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
Director and cast
- William Dear Director
- Jake T. Austin as Angel Macias
- Jansen Panettiere as Enrique Suarez
- Moisés Arias as Mario
- Ryan Ochoa as Norberto Villarreal
- Gabriel Morales as Ricardo Treviño
- Carlos Padilla as Baltazar Charles
- Tony Revolori as Fidel Ruiz
- Mario Revolori as Gerardo Gonzalez
- Alfredo Rodríguez as Jose 'Pepe' Maiz
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Cesar
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Director William Dear is not one to miss a sentimental beat.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
[From] the second minute of the movie I knew every single thing that was going to happen and there was not a single surprise.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Fresh
It's an unabashedly corny but occasionally stirring dramedy based on the true-life story of scrappy young baseball players from Mexico.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Rotten
So overwhelmed by its own based-on-actual-events tale that it can't find the tone to tell it effectively.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
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