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The Sandlot: Heading Home

2007 · 96 min

A gentle, nostalgic sports fable that coasts on easy charm and a soft lesson about humility, pleasant but forgettable.

Overview
A successful professional baseball player gets his ego in check when he travels back in time to his boyhood sandlot ball-playing days.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • family
  • friendship
  • redemption
  • coming-of-age
  • memory
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism5
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, comedy
Directed by
William Dear
Written by
Keith Mitchell, Allie Dvorin
Starring
Danny Nucci, Keanu Pires, Chauncey Leopardi, Sarah Deakins, Cole Heppell, Kai James, Brandon Olds, Cainan Wiebe
Music
Kendall Marsh
Cinematography
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Runtime
96 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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