Everyone's Hero (2006)

Directors:

Colin Brady
Christopher Reeve

Writers (WGA):

Robert Kurtz (screenplay) and
Jeff Hand (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

No matter where life takes you, always keep swinging.

Plot:

A young boy named Yankee Irving finds himself at an extraordinary crossroads: He has a chance to be a hero...

Plot Keywords:

New York Yankees | New York City | 1930s | Computer Animation | Yankee Stadium New York City

Cast

William H. Macy	...	Lefty Maginnis (voice)
Rob Reiner	...	Screwie (voice)
Brian Dennehy	...	Babe Ruth (voice)
Raven-Symoné	...	Marti Brewster (voice)
Robert Wagner	...	Mr. Robinson (voice)
Richard Kind	...	Hobo Andy / Maitre (voice)
Jason Harris	...	Announcer (voice)
Jake T. Austin	...	Yankee Irving (voice)
Joe Torre	...	Yankees' Manager (voice)
Mandy Patinkin	...	Stanley Irving (voice)
Forest Whitaker	...	Lonnie Brewster (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Darlin' (voice)
Ritchie Allen	...	Officer Bryant / Additional Voices (voice)
Cherise Boothe	...	Rosetta Brewster (voice)
Jesse Bronstein	...	Sandlot Kid #1 (voice)

Also Known As:

Untitled IDT Entertainment Project (USA) (working title)
Yankee Irving (USA) (working title)
El héroe de todos (Spain) [es]
Küçük kahraman (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Piccolo grande eroe (Italy) [it]
Yankee Irving - Kleiner Held ganz groß! (Germany) [de]

Runtime:

88 min | 90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #42852) | South Africa:13V | South Africa:A | Singapore:G | Portugal:M/4 | Australia:G

Company:

Dan Krech Productions

Trivia:

This is the film Christopher Reeve was working on at the time of his death.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Yankees were not taken to seven games in the 1932 series - they swept the Cubs (possibly a deliberate error).

Quotes:

Announcer: And it just goes to show you... You can be the smallest, you can be the weakest, you can be the worst player on the field, but when people tell you you're no good, and say you should give it up, you know what you do? You just keep on swinging.

Movie Connections:

References "Batman" (1966)

Soundtrack:

The Best

I'm a Cubs fan, so what am I supposed to say? ;)

OK, I know it was a kid's movie, but couldn't they have picked another team to be the villains of the movie? LOL, OK, but other than that I watched Everyone's Hero last night, wasn't too sure what it was about before I watched it, and I checked out the rating on IMDb, 5.4 isn't that good for an animated film that usually gets 6.0 or above. But I can understand why, Everyone's Hero didn't really blow me away or got me excited. I'm not basing this on the fact that I'm a Cubs fan, just the story was alright, it's perfect for a kid's movie, it's just a good clean cut story, but for adults, it doesn't really give anything for them to enjoy it with their kids. But while this movie was probably aimed for the kids, it seemed like the writer was maybe expecting like another Shrek or The Incredables, where the whole family could enjoy it, but it ended up being just a kid's flick.

Yankee Irving is a young boy who isn't that good at baseball, but he has big dreams to play as a New York Yankee. It's 1932, his hero is Babe Ruth, and Babe Ruth has a lucky bat, Darlin', but Darlin' is taken by the Cub's pitcher, Lefty, to win the World Series. Yankee's dad is fired from Yankee Stadium, he's the janitor, so it was his job to make sure that everything was secure. Yankee finds a ball that can talk to only him; together they go to look for the bat, they find it, but want to take it to Chicago to give it to Babe Ruth himself. But Yankee has to make sure to keep it away from Lefty and the Cubs manager.

Everyone's Hero isn't a bad movie by any means, it's just a kid's movie, I guess I was expecting more. Not to mention the Cubs bashing was hurtful, sorry, I'm from Chicago, if you're a Cubs fan, you can definitely relate on this subject, you must be faithful to them, LOL. OK, back to the movie, the movie is cute and has a charming story, but it wasn't anything that stood out for me. I could understand the 5.4 rating, I'm sorry to the writers and cast, but Everyone's Hero is just a kid's movie, nothing more.

5/10