The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,226 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Widower Tripp Spence goes on the run from the IRS with his 12-year-old baseball-phenomenon son Derrick. They assume new identities and flee to Las Vegas, where Derrick, now known as Mickey, joins a team that makes it to the Little League World Series. But will fame give away his true identity?
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Hugh WilsonDirector
- John GrishamWriter
- Guy MoonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Harry Connick Jr.Tripp Spence / Glen Ryan
- Shawn SalinasDerrick Spence / Mickey Ryan
- Michelle JohnsonPatty
- Mark JoySeeger
- Don YessoCardinals Coach
- Mike StarrTony
- Hugh WilsonMunson
- John GrishamCommissioner
- Richard FullertonPresident Sloan
- Bridget GethinsMrs. Jordan
- Alexander RoosPudge
- Jason KyprosPete Bracey
