Sandlot and Angels are good on their own, but NOT good mixed together.įace it directors. Basically, this is 'Angels in the Outfield' meets 'Rookie of the Year' meets 'The Sandlot'. I will admit there is one thing this movie is really good at: Stealing pbits and pieces from great sports movies to make their own. Kid goes to orphanage, kid learns how to play basketball, kid get's adopted by basketball player: THE END! Never before have I seen such appaling lack of creativity. The whole story is extremely predictable. NOTE: I have yet to see 'Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift', so he might have gotten better. It's clear the kid strongly believes he's 'gangster'. But I have to say that the lowlight must go to Lil Bow wow. Even Jonathan Lipnicki and Eugene Levy from 'American Pie' weren't very good. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA. While the tough but caring Sister Theresa (Anne Meara) tries to encourage the kids, Calvin knows that he and most of the other kids his age are poor. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin Cambridge (Lil Bow Wow) is a 14-year-old boy, who, since the death of his parents, has been living in an orphanage run by the unpleasantly eccentric Stan Bittleman (Crispin Glover). It was laughable AT BEST.Īlso, the acting wasn't very good. Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. Synopsis: Calvin and his friends, who all live an in orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. It sounds like it was written by 2002, rap obsessed 5th graders.

The worst part about the movie might be the script. Basically, it's one of the worst sports movie of all time, and this is coming from a person who loved 'The Fan' and 'Mr. You know, when a company decides to make a movie about a kid playing professional basketball, they're basically saying 'We're desperate!' This movie is ridiculous, it's unoriginal, it's badly acted.

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