The Sandlot

Whether you love or hate baseball, this is a funny and heartwarming movie that will always remain a classic gem of the early 90s


Brilliant!   March 4, 2002
Max Weinberg (Chicago, Ill Usa)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful

The sandlot is a brilliant movie. It's one of those movies that you watch over and over again and don't get bored of it. Now it's not the kind of movie where you learn more and more after each time you watch it, but it's humorous touch the movie gives you is remarkable.

The sandlot is about a kid who is really smart, yet a bit nerdy. When he moves to a new town he see's kids playing baseball. He decides to join them, but he finds out that baseball is hard to learn how to play. In the group he tried playing baseball had eight people. All with there unique personalities, attitudes, and fellings. The next day everyone in the group kind've gave him a hard time because he couldn't catch a flyball never the less a ball. Nor could he throw a ball. Only Benny didn't make fun of him and tried to help him play better. Benny was an amazing baseball player and was certainly the best in their group. When their pitcher threw Benny a pitch he nailed it over the fence into a yard. Since that was their last ball none of them had any left. But Benny said he'd get one in his house. He got it and brung it back to the field. After one pitch to Benny it was flying over again. And Benny said that it was signed by someone named Baby ruth. It's my stepfathers. He had no clue Babe Ruth was. Then they all started yelling at him saying. Babe Ruth. The Sultan of Swat. Once he realized Babe Ruth's importance he knew he had to find the ball before his stepfather got back from his buissness trip. Since his mom comes in his stepdads office which holds the ball, the group went out to buy a ball and fake sign it as Babe Ruth. Once he had done that the new kid asked his mom if he could go sleepover at the treehouse at the sandlot. His mom said sure. At the sleepover one of the guys told a story of where all the balls hit over the fence go. It was about a dog there and how he became a giant. Who would eat anything. He even said that one kid tried to get a ball back and he was never seen again. He started creeping everyone out by saying on and on "Forever". After the new kid found this out he didn't believe it. The whole group told him to look outside. He saw his ball. But a second later it was snatched by a huge dog. Benny was scared to death. The next few days Benny started making devices to try and get the ball back when they all failed they went to the pool. The whole group went to the pool. They stayed at where they could stand because none of them knew how to swim. There was a hot lifeguard there. One of the kids went on the diving board. Everyone in the group was freaked out because he didn't know how to swim. After looking at the hot lifeguard once he jumped in. She took him out of the pool giving mouth to mouth recepitation. I say no more. They were kicked out of the pool. On fourth of July they had a huge scrimmage against each other which they do every year. Benny's dream was about how Babe Ruth came into his room and they talked about the Babe Ruth ball and Babe said to jump over the wall because"Legends never die". He told everyone in the group about his dream and decided to do it. He got new shoes for this occasion. He jumped straight over the fence and saw the dog eye to eye. The dog druled the ball out of his mouth. Benny sprinted toward the ball and got it. He started running back and he jumped over the fence. Once everybody thought he had done it. The dog jumped straight over the fence and they were on a goose chase going through everything. Streets, movie theater, wedding, etc. Once they circled all around back to the sandlot, Benny jumped back over the fence. The dog jumped over too. They stared deeply at each other. But then the fence collapsed on the dog. Benny and the new kid were shocked and decided to lift the fence back up. The dog was still dead though. The ball had a lot of mush on it. Benny and the new kid decided to knock on the door of there owner of the dog and house over the fence. He was baseball player and had played with Babe Ruth. He offered them a deal that he''ll give them a ball signed by all the 1927 yankees for the mushy ruth ball and that they'll have to talk baseball with every week.


My favorite Baseball flick ever!   April 5, 2001
Rebecca (Massachusetts, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I love THE SANDLOT. It's one of my favorites from the early '90s and definitely one of the best movies about Baseball. THE SANDLOT takes place in the '60s and it's about a kid, Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry), who moves to a new neighborhood and doesn't know anybody - and all at the same time, trying to get used to his new stepfather. He's not really good at sports, but his stepfather is trying to teach him how to play Baseball even though he is very busy. Scotty soon comes across a group of kids who love the game of Baseball and are really good, while playing fo the love of it and are not on a real team. They play Baseball at this deserted Sandlot every day during the summer. Scotty finally gets the courage to ask if he can join in. The kids are first hesitant when they see how bad he is at Baseball, but one of the kids, Benny (Mike Vitar), lets him play and Scotty soon learns how to play Baseball and starts to play better. They all become friends: Winning a Baseball game against the best team in their town's Little League, chewing Tobbacco while riding on a roller coaster to celebrate their victory until they throw up, and girls. They also learn that the huge St. Bernard who lives in the house behind the Sandlot may not be a monster after all, when Scotty accidentally hits their only ball into the yard of the St. Bernard. It's another really great family movie and one I recommend to everybody. Definitely not to be missed.


Oh boy!!!! This movie was TOOOOOOOOOOO Good!;)   April 28, 2004
American CowGirl (U.S.A!)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Hey!
I saw this movie and oh my, I had to keep watching it over and over, and over and guess what? OVER! Its soooooooooooo fuuny and its just to cute to keep to myself so that why I had to write this! Its a family movei ALL the way!!! Can't beat it! Thanks for reading so now go get it!=)


This movie was an Instant Classic the day it came out!!!   October 3, 2005
Master Yoda (Galaxy far, far away)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

This movie is a classic, and I don't think that anyone would disagree with that. There is no movie that could have the sweetness that this movie has. This movie has a ton of comedy, I laughed the whole time, this movie has a little mystery, and a good message of friendship. I've seen this movie so many times, my tape is actually down to nothing now, that's why I have the dvd now, and of course dvd is always better. I promise you this when you purchase this movie you will have made a very wise decision indeed!