The Sandlot

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport


Rating: Rated PG for some language and kids chewing tobacco. (I think it should be PG-13)


Storyline: Scotty Smalls (the main character) moves to a neighborhood with his mom and his step dad. He wants to play baseball but he doesn't know how to play. He doesn't even know how to catch or throw a ball. He also can't seem to make any friends, until he meets local baseball star- Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez (Benny). Benny takes him under his wings and teaches him how to play ball and he introduces Scotty to his baseball team. Together they all have a wonderful summer of adventures involving baseball, tree-house sleep overs, the lifeguard at the local pool, and the snooty rival ball team. One day, Benny hits a ball so hard, the ball rips open. The team can't afford to buy another baseball, and is forced to stop playing. However, Scotty  runs to his step dad's trophy room, and steals an autographed baseball, in hopes of preserving the game. The team is impressed with Smalls gesture, and they allow him to bat first. He then hits the ball out of the sandlot, and is shortly enveloped by fear once he realizes that he has lost his stepfather's ball. The situation gets even worse when Smalls realizes that the ball was autographed by Babe Ruth, and is almost irreplaceable.

Scotty Smalls got hit in the eye by a ball and got a black eye.

Review: This movie is truly a classic. The ending scene where the narrator (Scotty Smalls) tells the stories of how everyone eventually left the sandlot it is kind of sad (my friend actually cried at the end). One of the greatest movies for kids and parents alike.