Everyone's Hero (2006)

Please don't spend money on this.

Fantastic!

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Everyone's Hero (2006): Dir: Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre, Colin Brady / Voices: Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, William H. Macy, Raven-Symone, Mandy Patinkin: Very funny family animation about self worth. Yankee Irving loves baseball but he sucks at it. Then after being ridiculed by peers he finds a baseball named Screwy that can talk. One thing that directors Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre and Colin Brady rightfully allow is only the kid to hear the voices. Plot regards the theft of Babe Ruth's bat, Darlin' and Yankee's desperation to return it thus clearing his father's name whom was fired when a cheating pitcher stole it. Structure is disjointed and the ending is predictable but children will be delighted in the cheerful animated characters. Rob Reiner voices Screwy the cranky baseball who is down on himself until Yankee gives him reason for existing. Whoopi Goldberg voices Darlin' the famous bat who cannot roll straight. William H. Macy voices Lefty the evil pitcher who is outsmarted by Yankee . Raven-Symone of Cosby Show fame is also featured amongst the voice talents. Mandy Patinkin plays the boy's father who is a janitor at the stadium where all these games take place. Amusing references to baseball is a howl but its real catch is its theme regarding self worth and the encouragement of not giving up especially when it benefits others. Score: 8 / 10

while i don't think this was a horrible movie,i did find it disappointing.just thought the message(persevere no matter what life throws at you)was too heavy handed.it is a good message,but i thought it could have been more subtle.there are some good things about the movie.one is the physical comedy,which van be quite funny at times.the other is the exciting action sequences.but most of the movie just seemed a bit hollow for me.the story just seems lacking.the message just becomes overbearing,and ends up dragging the rest of the movie down.it feels more like sermon on life,than an entertaining animated feature.anyway,for me,Everyone's hero is a 5/10

First, let me begin by saying that I've read every comment about this film that had been posted to IMDb as of 11-12-07, and it seems to be one of those polarizing works, that folks either love, or hate - not many in the middle on this one. Personally, I loved it. Saw it about a year ago in the theatre, and again just tonight on DVD (in widescreen, of course). I even watched the "making of" featurette, and was amazed to see that absolutely NO mention whatsoever was made of Robin Williams' contribution to this film. He was absolutely hilarious as the "opposing teams" owner, and I'm really surprised that no one seems to have recognized his voice...and that there is no mention of him in the credits, or even in the "making of" feature. That's a mystery I'd hoped to see solved by my visit to IMDb tonight, but it didn't happen. I know he had become close friends with the Reeves before they died, and perhaps it was his decision - sort of a quiet, private gift to them. But fortunately, it was one we all get to enjoy, too. Hey - if you like movies with heart, and enjoy beautiful animation (many great spots to freeze-frame in this, and just enjoy the still life for awhile), great comic voice performances, inspired animated character movements (Bill Macy's character on top of the train, dodging all of the overhead signs? Priceless.), and a story that will either tug at your heartstrings, or, for the "other half" of you, have you reaching for something sour to suck on, just to get your mouths back in their proper positions, then you can't go wrong with this one, which helps to prove my theory that we are, indeed, in the midst of another Golden Age of animation in this country. Lastly, "thanks" to the team behind this; I agree - Chris would have loved it!

I had to wait for someone in the mall, and since it was "cheap day" at the cinema, I bought some popcorn and sat in on this film. I knew absolutely nothing about it except that it was a clean film, about baseball. I flinched when I saw it was animated, but soon began to enjoy it. I'm a daycare worker, and thought that the boy's movements and speech were VERY realistic for that age. (So help me, I was sure I knew the boy upon whom the character must be based!) I thought the plot was enjoyable, simple enough for even smallest children to grasp, with plenty of nostalgia thrown in for adults (eg. ancient train station way out in the boondocks in the middle of the night). I did NOT care much for the talking baseball's script -- a cliché here and there is expected, but we ALWAYS knew what was going to come out of the baseball's mouth. The talking bat was cute. The ending was satisfying. Plenty of violence in this film, but it's a good kind: the bad guy keeps trying to be mean, so things "happen" to him. The bonus in this film was seeing how a boy supports his parents in a moment of crisis, instead of badmouthing them and disobeying them. Oh, yes, almost forgot -- loved the depiction of the mother -- she looked so... real for that time. Great film overall.