Notable only for being a catalog of just about every kid-pic cliche' ever committed to film. full review

Director William Dear is not one to miss a sentimental beat. full review

[From] the second minute of the movie I knew every single thing that was going to happen and there was not a single surprise. full review

It's an unabashedly corny but occasionally stirring dramedy based on the true-life story of scrappy young baseball players from Mexico. full review

So overwhelmed by its own based-on-actual-events tale that it can't find the tone to tell it effectively. full review

Anyone much older than, say, 10, will likely find the underdog saga sappy and manipulative, not to mention filled with sports movie cliches, including the following statement: "It will take a miracle to make them into a real team." full review

This inspirational film, written by first-timer (and producer) W. William Winokur, is not for cynics or those resistant to cute kids (and child actors sometimes given to mugging). full review

A big, bland serving of corn that wouldn't have been out of place on The Wonderful World of Disney 50 years ago. full review

A very sweet, very slight family movie that scores smiles and tears of joy. full review

The heart of both the story and its telling do help in smoothing over other deficiencies, sweet and disarming in its belief that something like a baseball game can make a bigger difference. full review

The climactic drama of the championship game owes largely to the fact that, despite their unprecedented success as a foreign team in the tournament, young Angel Macias and his teammates somehow didn't go down in history, at least not stateside. full review

Well-meaning but thick with cliches. full review

The film is perfectly mediocre, which is heartbreaking, not heartwarming. full review

You sort of know how these underdog sports movies turn out. Doesn't matter. The Perfect Game so expertly uses the charisma and personalities of the actors, especially the young ones, that it's thrilling anyway. full review

The odd engaging moment is always followed by a cloying eye-roller, such as when a nearly-new ball appears on their dusty Monterey sandlot. "Father, what does it mean?" "It means God wants us to play baseball!" full review