Research Paper On The Rookie

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The Rookie is a movie that I just recently watched, and would love to give my opinion of what I thought about how this movie came together. The Rookie is a baseball movie and like many baseball movies it starts out with something that goes wrong and then in the end everything turns out being solved. This movie is a great movie to watch no matter where you are or what time it is. The Rookie is a movie about a man who grows up with the passion of becoming a Major League Baseball player and then gets stuck living his life as a high school science teacher and a baseball coach. While he was in the minor leagues he ended up having a shoulder injury that ended his baseball career. The closest he could get to his passion after that was by being a …show more content…

His bet was that if they won districts he would try to give his dream one last chance. Jim Morris was played by the actor Dennis Quaid. Dennis is an American actor known for his wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles. His role as Jim Morris was a very good role for him. He made the movie humorous and dramatic at the perfect times which people should hope for that from him since that is what he is most known for. His wife in the movie was played by actress Rachel Griffiths. Ms. Griffiths is an australian actress and director. She began her career in 1992 and is still loving every second of it. She was a good actor for this part because she was able to get into her role and when she got into it, it made it seem like her and Mr. Morris were actually married. She makes her relationships with the other characters convincible. Mr and Mrs. Morris’ son Hunter is played by Angus T. Jones. Angus is an American actor and community worker. Jones is known mostly for playing Jake Harper in CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. I couldn't have picked a better actor to play this part. Jake Harper is a really cute kid and he is …show more content…

I liked the fact that this man didn’t let his injury get the best of him and did the next thing he could to still be close to his passion. However I didn’t quite like the fact that after he went back and try out it only showed one game that he played in the major leagues. I think that the movie would have been even more enjoyable and showed more emotion from the characters if Jim would have been gone longer and would have showed more of him living his dream out. I also liked the fact that he went from being someone to going to just a high school coach and teacher to going back to being something and making farther the second time then the first time he

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