Very Cool!!!

Let's be realistic.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Everyone's Hero (2006): Dir: Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre, Colin Brady / Voices: Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, William H. Macy, Raven-Symone, Mandy Patinkin: Very funny family animation about self worth. Yankee Irving loves baseball but he sucks at it. Then after being ridiculed by peers he finds a baseball named Screwy that can talk. One thing that directors Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre and Colin Brady rightfully allow is only the kid to hear the voices. Plot regards the theft of Babe Ruth's bat, Darlin' and Yankee's desperation to return it thus clearing his father's name whom was fired when a cheating pitcher stole it. Structure is disjointed and the ending is predictable but children will be delighted in the cheerful animated characters. Rob Reiner voices Screwy the cranky baseball who is down on himself until Yankee gives him reason for existing. Whoopi Goldberg voices Darlin' the famous bat who cannot roll straight. William H. Macy voices Lefty the evil pitcher who is outsmarted by Yankee . Raven-Symone of Cosby Show fame is also featured amongst the voice talents. Mandy Patinkin plays the boy's father who is a janitor at the stadium where all these games take place. Amusing references to baseball is a howl but its real catch is its theme regarding self worth and the encouragement of not giving up especially when it benefits others. Score: 8 / 10

It's so rare for a computer-animated film, that isn't Pixar. to win my heart, but Everyone's Hero plays like a trip to an actual baseball stadium. No matter if the game is scoreless, your favorite teams is trailing, or whatever, the atmosphere and feeling makes it all worthwhile. Everyone's Hero is a formulaic, tale in the flesh, but the voice-acting, characters, plot, and the fun script make it shine thru its roots.I've mentioned before that CGI animation is sadly killing hand-drawn animation, Everyone's Hero seems like a nineties animated feature that was reincarnated into a 2006 animated film. This one has more of a nostalgic 1930's appearance, so no doubt it will appeal to the baseball son and his former card-collecting father. But it will also spark a soft spot with lovers of "unlikely hero" type films, or just fans of animated films. It pleases on every level.The plot: Yankee Irving (Voiced by Jake T. Austin) is a perky little baseball fan, until his dad gets fired from being the janitor at Yankee Stadium when Babe Ruth's "lucky" bat named "Darlin'" goes missing. Yankee saw someone come in the locker-room, who told him to get out, and he's positive that was the guy. He learns from a talking baseball name Screwy (Reiner) who he found at his baseball diamond, the sandlot, that the person who stole the bat is Lefty Maginnis (Macy).So Yankee and Screwy set off to go to Chicago, the place where the Yankees and, Lefty's team, the Cubs are going to play to win the World Series. Yankee and Screwy wind up getting Babe's talking bat Darlin' (Goldberg) back early on, and now the three are off to get to Babe as quickly as possible.Everyone's Hero's purpose is to inspire, inform, and entertain. Inspire because it includes a tear-jerking, precious end scene that, while is cliché in the books, is nonetheless beautiful and heartwarming. It informs you about baseball by reminding adults when they were young how much they loved the game, and may even win the hearts of some younger kids when they see this. And, it's entertaining as can be.The voice acting is done extraordinarily as recognizable voices plague the screen. While this isn't the smoothest animated feature in terms of animation, because of its blocky, strange imagery in times, it still is covered up by the soft and warm feeling the film brings from start to finish.I hope one day that parents will rent or buy this film for their kid, leaving other family films like Big Daddy, Despicable Me, and Scooby-Doo on the shelves. It's not often a film like this comes out, and to have all of those films make millions of dollars, when this barely gets seen is appalling. Everyone's Hero deserves as much recognition as a Pixar film. It's that beautiful and stunning in its execution.But is it better? By no means. But is it following in the footsteps, or on its way to be something like that? Yes.Voiced by: Jake T. Austin, Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Brian Dennehy, and William H. Macy.

This is a fun film for the 5-9 year old age group. My 5 year old son laughed out loud and wanted to watch it again and again. And found the baseball to be quite funny. Rob Riener should do more cartoon voices. The plot was a good plot for a child to follow and entertaining for adults that need to sit through the movie. It has a nice moral particularly for fiver year olds which seem to be identifying with their limitations. The message to keep trying is a great moral for young children need to hear more of. The movie had great character voices and bad guys that wouldn't scare many children...my two year old was not frightened at all by the "bad guys". I would recommend it for any parent. I wish a few of bad words like stupid were not part of the movie and that I wish my five year old didn't hear in a G-rated but otherwise quite clean.

Everyone's Hero was an awesome movie and was even more profound when I saw that Christopher and Dana Reeves had produced/directed it. The characters,story line, and music were all great. I especially liked the fact that it was truly a children's story and not made for adults with underlying hints of adult themes. movies recently attended supposedly for children had underlying adult themes of sex, cussing and violence. My 4 year old grand son loved it, followed it, laughed etc. The only question I had as a life time Cincinnati Reds baseball fan was why the Cincinnati team was called the Cincinnati Tigers.Hope many will see it, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to stay long in theatres.I plan to purchase several DVD's as gifts.Thanks for your time.