Movie · 128 min · drm, fml, spt
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.
Where to watch The Rookie
Available on 1 platforms across 2 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 2 countries, best placed at #549 in Croatia.
Available languages
Audio: Czech, ES-419, English, FR-CA, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, PT-BR, Polish, Spanish, Turkish
Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, ES-419, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, PT-BR, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Chart history
The Rookie has spent 1 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 10 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #2.
Cast
Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones, Brian Cox, Rick Gonzalez, Chad Lindberg, Angelo Spizzirri, Royce D. Applegate, Russell Richardson, Raynor Scheine, Chris Sheffield, Brandon Smith, Trevor Morgan, David Blackwell, Blue Deckert, Danny Kamin
Crew
Mike Rich (writer), John Lee Hancock (director), Gordon Gray (producer), Mark Ciardi (producer), Mark Johnson (producer)
Awards
0 wins from 1 nominations.
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film 2002 — nominated