Ben Johnson, Brenda Fricker, Christopher Lloyd

This effects-heavy, 1994 remake of the 1951 film starring Janet Leigh and Keenan Wynn is all computer-generated pizzazz, with none of the charm or imagination of the original. Aimed squarely at child...( read more  read more... )ren this time, the story focuses on a boy who gets some divine intervention on behalf of his favorite ball club. Christopher Lloyd plays the head angel, and Danny Glover is good as the team's manager, but the real star of the film--for better or worse--is the software that makes a glowing, celestial presence on the field seem real. --Tom Keogh

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PG, 103 min.

Directed by: William Dear

Release Date: July 15, 1994

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DVD Release Date: April 23, 2002

Stats: 8,583 reviews

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  • August 23, 2009
    Love this movie! So cute.
  • November 5, 2008
    Not a big baseball fan and this movie did not help me like it more at all.
  • July 6, 2008
    I remember this shiyut from childhood. Christopher Lloyd and Danny Glover baby!
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • November 8, 2007
    Angels in the Outfield contains absolutely no unpredictable elements. The premise involves a young boy named Roger whose deadbeat father has all but abandoned him, saying that their being a family again is as unlikely as the last-place Angels winning the pennant. This prompts Rog...( read more)er to pray for the team and for a family. Suddenly, real angels jump in to help the inept team, and the coach of the Angels insists on Roger and his friend JP attending every home game. There are plenty of hilarious scenes and heart-warming moments to be had throughout the movie. The actors are great and the effects well executed throughout. Academy Award winners Brenda Fricker (Home Alone: Lost in New York, A Time to Kill), Ben Johnson (The Last Picture Show, Red Dawn), and Adrien Brody (The Pianist, The Village) amplify the atmosphere of the movie. It makes it a perfect movie for the whole family.
  • November 21, 2009
    Would've been better if the actors actually looked like players. Tony Danza as a veteran MLB pitcher? A cab driver maybe, but not Randy Johnson or John Smoltz. I seriously doubt the director of this mess even knows who they are.
  • November 8, 2009
    Good movie with a stupid ending.
  • November 5, 2009
    The1st Movie I ever walked out of the theater.It was BAD!!!!
  • October 9, 2009
    classic great family movie for everyone
  • September 25, 2009
    The angels answered the prayers of a child and it was just of them not to interfere in the deciding game.

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  • KYCowgirlUS171
    April 9, 2007
    Matthew McConaughey plays Ben Williams in this movie. I totally didn't realize that until we watched the other night.
  • yugiishot
    May 30, 2006
    awsome

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