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Major League: Back to the Minors

1998 · 100 min

A breezy, good-natured underdog sports comedy that coasts on easy laughs and familiar beats without much bite.

Directed by
John Warren
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
They're just nine players short of a dream team.
Overview
At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has an ulterior motive to generate publicity with a grudge match between the big leaguers and their ragtag Triple A affiliate.

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Directed by
John Warren
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sport
  • work
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Major League Collection

  1. Major LeagueMovie · 1989
  2. Major League IIMovie · 1994
  3. Major League: Back to the MinorsMovie · 1998 This title

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Scott Bakula, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Takaaki Ishibashi, Jensen Daggett, Eric Bruskotter, Walton Goggins, Ted McGinley
Cinematography
Tim Suhrstedt
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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