Everyone's Hero (2006)
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40% of critics liked it
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51% of users liked it
(75,856 ratings)
A young baseball fan sets out on a cross-country quest to recover Babe Ruth's stolen bat and restore his father's good name in a computer animated family adventure that shows you're never too young to be a hero. Yankee Irving (voice of Jake T. Austin) may not be the best base-runner in… More A young baseball fan sets out on a cross-country quest to recover Babe Ruth's stolen bat and restore his father's good name in a computer animated family adventure that shows you're never too young to be a hero. Yankee Irving (voice of Jake T. Austin) may not be the best base-runner in his neighborhood, but his love of the game is about to lead him on the adventure of a lifetime when a legendary baseball bat is stolen from Yankee stadium on his father's watch. Now determined to get back the bat from the crooked security guard who swiped it (voice of William H. Macy) and place it back in the grip of the best hitter in baseball history, young Yankee is about to find out just what it's really like to walk out on the diamond to the sounds of a thousand cheering fans. Filmed under the title Yankee Irving and originally slated to be directed by the late Christopher Reeve, Everyone's Hero was completed by directors Colin Brady and Dan St. Pierre when Reeve passed away as the result of a heart attack in 2004, and features additional voice work by actors Whoopi Goldberg, Mandy Patinkin, Raven, the late Dana Reeve, Rob Reiner, and Brian Dennehy. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Colin Brady
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy
G,
- In Theaters
- Sep 15, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
A sweet but very forgettable animated adventure.
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Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
The movie is a feast of miscalculations.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
... a modestly engaging mix of broad comedy and nostalgic fable, spiked with a few unwelcome sprinklings of gross-out gags.
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Claudia Puig, USA Today
Everyone's Hero is a sweet, inspirational movie that doesn't offer any surprises, but entertains youthful audiences in a gentle, almost old-fashioned way.
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Susan Walker, Toronto Star
... feels more like a 1950s cartoon.
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Cast
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Rob Reiner
as Screwie
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Whoopi Goldberg
as Darlin'
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Jake T. Austin
as Yankee Irving
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William H. Macy
as Lefty Maginnis
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Mandy Patinkin
as Stanley Irving
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Raven Symone
as Marti Brewster
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Robert Wagner
as Mr. Robinson
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Forest Whitaker
as Lonnie Brewster
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Brian Dennehy
as Babe Ruth
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Dana Reeve
as Emily Irving
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Joe Torre
as Yankees' Manager
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Robin Williams
as Napoleon Cross
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Ray Iannicelli
as Conductors, Umpire
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Richard Kind
as Hobo Andy, Maitre
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Ron Tippe
as Hobo Jack
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Gideon Jacobs
as Bully Kid Tubby
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Ed Helms
as Hobo Louie
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Conor J. White
as Bully Kid Arnold
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Marcus Maurice
as Willie
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Jason Harris
as Announcer
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Cherise Booth
as Rosetta Brewster
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Jesse Bronstein
as Sandlot Kid #1
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Ralph Coppola
as Sandlot Kid #2
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Amanda Parsons
as Emily Irving
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Will Reeve
as Big Kid
