The Sandlot 2 (2005)

40% of critics liked it
(5 reviews)
52% of users liked it
(32,612 ratings)

In this sequel to the 1993 box-office hit The Sandlot, it's 1972, and a new bunch of neighborhood kids have taken over the field where they play baseball all summer. Saul (Cole Evan Weiss) is the unofficial leader of the group, who heads up the baseball team and looks after his younger brother,… More In this sequel to the 1993 box-office hit The Sandlot, it's 1972, and a new bunch of neighborhood kids have taken over the field where they play baseball all summer. Saul (Cole Evan Weiss) is the unofficial leader of the group, who heads up the baseball team and looks after his younger brother, Sammy (Sean Berdy), who can't hear but does play-by-play on the games using sign language. Saul has to face the indignity of letting girls play on his team, but things get even worse when one of them brings her dad's toy rocket to the field. The model accidentally sails over the fence and into the yard of Mr. Mertle (James Earl Jones), owner of the meanest dog in town, leaving the kids with a serious dilemma about getting it back. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By: David M. Evans
Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2005 Wide
On DVD: May 3, 2005
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Cor

Critic Reviews

Ellen Twadell, Common Sense Media
So-so sequel to a favorite kids' movie.
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
A caricaturist would draw stink lines emanating from this direct-to-video stillbirth.
Brent Simon, Now Playing Magazine
Writer-director... Evans, of the original... has a nice and easy touch with nostalgia that outweighs (if at times just barely) the cut corners of this low-budget production.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...does feature a brisk pace and several charismatic performances...
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
I dunno. Maybe you can't go home again. Maybe you can't repeat the past. Or maybe you should just leave well enough alone.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...if you've already seen The Sandlot, and that would be almost everyone, you may be disappointed that so very little of anything new has been added.
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Certainly funny, charming, and sincere enough to earn a solid B+ from the Sandlot-faithful. (And there are lots of us!)

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Brad W

Not very good
J P

This movie is probably the worst movie I've ever seen in my life. This movie pretty much tries to re-make the original classic, but they fail miserably. The Sandlot 2 uses pretty much the same characters, except this time they include girls. The girls in this movie cannot… More
This movie is probably the worst movie I've ever seen in my life. This movie pretty much tries to re-make the original classic, but they fail miserably. The Sandlot 2 uses pretty much the same characters, except this time they include girls. The girls in this movie cannot play baseball to save their life. They are awful actors, which probably explains why Sandlot 2 was their last movie. The girls use their softball techniques to play baseball, and they claim throughout the movie that "underhand pitches are legal" as if that excuses their lack of skills. Play baseball like a normal person, and stop being weird. Nobody pitches like that. The script and plot were both pretty much the same. It was frustrating. The acting also drove me crazy. I felt like I was in middle school again, watching kids perform skits in class. Acting was so incredibly awful, I couldn't finish watching the movie. This sequel completely failed on all levels. It wasn't entertaining or original. It was just a cheap knock off of the amazing classic that is The Sandlot.
danny d

im not sure there have been many films more pointless than this. a sequel and a remake attempted in one film. the illusions to the first were cheap attempts to recreate magic, and the script was terrible, making no sense at times. funny how the first sandlot is one of the best kids… More
im not sure there have been many films more pointless than this. a sequel and a remake attempted in one film. the illusions to the first were cheap attempts to recreate magic, and the script was terrible, making no sense at times. funny how the first sandlot is one of the best kids films of all time, and the sequel is one of the worst.
Drew S

Whatever. Ruin a good movie, huh?
Bradley W

Not very good
Jackson W

Completely appauling and rancid. WHY was this film made? It is essentially the same as the first, but more of a cheeseball than any film I have ever seen. If you haven't seen it, don't.