The Sandlot

The Sandlot (1993)

  • 63% of critics liked it
    (35 reviews)

  • 86% of users liked it
    (237,657 ratings)

The Sandlot is sparsely narrated by the main character (now an adult) who occasionally drops in on the action to comment on events or help move the story along. Tom Guiry plays Scotty Smalls, the shy new kid on the block who wants to join the rowdy pickup baseball team that plays every day in the… More

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Apr 1, 1993 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Leonard Klady, Variety

    Sweet and sincere, the film is also a remarkably shallow wade, rife with incident and slim on substance.

  • , Time Out

    Ever since Stand by Me, it seems that every Boy's Own yarn is deemed incomplete without a nostalgic, pseudo-ironic voice-over waxing lyrical about the mythology of short pants and acne.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Nothing about his modest coming-of-age comedy demands anything like this awestruck approach.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    Predictable as the movie is, the Field of Dreams quality is not the only thing to like about The Sandlot.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    This is a movie... that allows its kids to be kids, that shows them in the insular world of imagination and dreaming that children create entirely apart from adult domains and values.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • KJ P


    This film tells the story of how a Major League hero grew up with his friends in his old town, enjoying life and going through challenges, but ultimately sticking to his heart, which is devoted to baseball. However, the story does not specifically follow him (Benny), but the newcomer… More

  • Spencer M


    i like this movie cuz i like doggies and baseball

  • Eric S


    Alongside "The Lion King" and "Toy Story", this is a film I grew up watching... many times. The plot is hilarious and there are many iconic scenes. Love all the characters.

  • Alice S


    Nothing much happens for the first half of the movie. The boys' personalities aren't distinct enough like the Little Rascals, so I lost interest. Like my experience with Groucho Marx, the "You're killing me, Smalls!" line isn't how I expected from years… More

  • Eric A


    Grew up on this amazing movie. It's always gonna be special to me.

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