Everyone's Hero (2006)

40% of critics liked it
(67 reviews)
51% of users liked it
(75,167 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 his… 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

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Rating, Runtime: G, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By: Colin Brady
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy

In Theaters: Sep 15, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Mar 20, 2007
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
A sweet but very forgettable animated adventure.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
The movie is a feast of miscalculations.
Joe Leydon, Variety
... a modestly engaging mix of broad comedy and nostalgic fable, spiked with a few unwelcome sprinklings of gross-out gags.
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.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
... feels more like a 1950s cartoon.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
... just another forgettable entry at the end of a summer that offered an unprecedented amount of mediocre animated films.
Jane Boursaw, Common Sense Media
A bland feel-good flick with a positive message.
Christopher Smith, Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Sweet and good-natured, but ultimately it's as unremarkable as its animation.
Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide
Old-fashioned, sweet, but ultimately disposable family fare with echoes of better films from Toy Story to The Iron Giant.
Pete Croatto, Filmcritic.com
misguided and poorly executed
Brian Clark, Austin Chronicle
Young boys may be enchanted by the inspirational adventure, but for anyone over the age of nine, Yankee's journey is ultimately a dull one paved with good intentions.
Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review
The setup of this computer-animated feature is strained, the story is contrived, and the ending is downright silly.
D. Scott Apel, Reel.com
The opportunity to talk to the kids who see this little film about the Reeves' story -- a real-life triumph of inspiration over tragedy -- is perhaps the best tribute to the couple this film provides.
Peter Sobczynski, eFilmCritic.com
I suspect that most kids will get more excitement and thrills out of even the most meaningless end-of-season regulation ball game than they will with this film.
Manny Lewis, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
While this might sound amusing, animated inanimate objects can only do so much bouncing and rolling before their shtick gets stale.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
It's a shallow, treacly movie for children too little to question its many pointless puerilities.
Bruce Bennett, Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Way out of the league of any of the Disney/Pixar or Dreamworks animated films.
Brian Orndorf, FilmJerk.com
It's difficult to find out just how much work Reeve did on the picture before his death two years ago, but the credit is a curious button on a very strange CG animated film.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A very unappealing animated feature about Babe Ruth, baseball, and family values.
Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat
There is absolutely nothing hip or cool about Everyone's Hero, but it's so sweet, and so pleasant, and so nice that I found it impossible to dislike.

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danny d

really cool kids flick. great story and fun to watch, especially with your kids if you have them. the only problem was the end, the last 15 minutes were dumb even for a kids movie. there are other directions the movie could have gone at the end to still be feel good without being… More
really cool kids flick. great story and fun to watch, especially with your kids if you have them. the only problem was the end, the last 15 minutes were dumb even for a kids movie. there are other directions the movie could have gone at the end to still be feel good without being stupid, but this one is still worth watching especially if you love baseball.
Jason S

Pretty decent. Looked great and actually the story was pretty cool too. Enjoyable family entertainment.
paganchild1979 p

Very cute!
Erin C

It was a cute movie, but kind of boring. Oh well :P

Cast

            Rob Reiner as Screwie

            Whoopi Goldberg as Darlin'

            Jake T. Austin as Yankee Irving

            William H. Macy as Lefty Maginnis

            Mandy Patinkin as Stanley Irving

            Raven Symone as Marti Brewster

            Robert Wagner as Mr. Robinson

            Forest Whitaker as Lonnie Brewster

            Brian Dennehy as Babe Ruth

            Dana Reeve as Emily Irving

            Joe Torre as Yankees' Manager

            Robin Williams as Napoleon Cross

            Ray Iannicelli as Conductors

            Richard Kind as Hobo Andy

            Ron Tippe as Hobo Jack

            Gideon Jacobs as Bully Kid Tubby

            Ed Helms as Hobo Louie

            Conor J. White as Bully Kid Arnold

            Marcus Maurice as Willie

            Jason Harris as Announcer

            Cherise Booth as Rosetta Brewster

            Jesse Bronstein as Sandlot Kid #1

            Ralph Coppola as Sandlot Kid #2

            Amanda Parsons as Emily Irving

            Will Reeve as Big Kid
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