Little Big League

Little Big Boss is an American family film from the year 1994. The sports comedy is known quite large even under the TV Title Small coach.

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Billy Heywood is perhaps not the best baseball player, but the biggest baseball fan, there is. So it is good that his grandfather Thomas Heywood is the owner of the Minnesota Twins. Both get along well, actually just talking about baseball, and spend their time during the games in the VIP boxes. It is also soon a game with the Boston Red Sox and Thomas promises his son that he at least once to experience the pitcher Roger Clemens in Action. But this is no longer relevant, because Thomas dies. However, he leaves behind Billy his team and the stadium. Almost everyone is skeptical that this can go well. And Billy also interferes quickly. So he asks the choleric coach George O'Farrell, not to yell at the players, but rather to motivate them. But O'Farrell is not at all bound by the instructions of the young Billy and must, after he also opposes the transfer of Rickey Henderson, to resign.

Billy takes over from then on the team as the new coach. While agree the league and his mother to be able to do this, but the team is skeptical and Billy is absolutely opposed to. He promises to dedicate the season to his grandfather and to dismiss even if they lose in the next few weeks. And then they lose in the next few weeks. However, this has less to do Billy and his methods as to the dedication of the team. So he donated all a day in the amusement park and suddenly they gain a good mood the next games. But that's not all problems are solved, because meanwhile, is Billy's mother also meets with his players and friend Lou Collins. He also became a small media star, which is why you desperately trying to sell his life, while his mother struggles again and again. And the team is demanded of him that he is less like a fan and should behave more like a coach, so he perforce must also disconnect from a player located out of shape for a long time with Jerry Johnson.

The gnawing of course to the nerves. As the referee in the next game, a decision against his team whistles, Billy freaks out and scolded him in front of an audience of millions. Not only the audience is shocked, his mother gives him even house arrest. After a while, Billy comes to his senses and wants to apologize to her birthday for it. But there he discovers that Lou has a date with her. So he puts him on the grounds that Lou games lately not so good in the next game on the bench, which his team eventually loses. This is unfortunate, because the Twins are close to the play-offs. One had only to win the decider against the Seattle Mariners. Billy motivates the team, apologizes for his misbehavior and all the stress that he has produced lately and Joe are the blessing for marriage with his mother, if he hits the decisive home run. And Lou hits him. The ball flies and everyone believes that the game was won with it. But shortly before the outfield, the ball is still trapped - the Twins lose. The play-offs are missed and the season is finished. Finally, Billy solves his promise, as team manager and coach to resign, even against the will of his team, which would have kept him absolutely. He would prefer to concentrate on his school and stay still so the team owner. Finally, he thanks to a packed and cheering stadium for the season.

Criticism

Although the family film " a good-natured sort of" have said Stephen Holden of The New York Times, the directorial debut of Andrew Scheinman was also " cheesy ". " The best scenes of the film" are the baseball scenes, because they were for this type of film " unusually credible".

James Berardinelli criticized the film because he had neither a " good action, yet he was good entertainment." " Especially bad is the first half of the film ," but also the rest of the movie would be any " spontaneity missing ", which lie on the bad script. The plot is simply "poor" and the only interesting conflict is the pressure of having to win, even where this would be " simplistic and disappointing " solved. The humor was " weak and rarely effective ."

The renowned film critic Roger Ebert praised the film, " the baseball take very seriously. " He also praised the fact that the film, although he was " pure fantasy ", still trying to trace the decision-making power Billy's as realistic as possible. And just because he was so seriously and not be ridiculous, he would also work.

The lexicon of the International film said: "Athletes comedy about a child who wants to stand his ground; passably entertaining, even if the slow motion is used arg inflationary in the many game scenes. "

Background

The film was launched on 1 July 1994 in the cinemas and could import a little more than 12 million U.S. dollars again. In Germany the film on February 5, 1996, released directly to VHS and ran on 30 December 1998 on ZDF for the first time on television.

The Young Artist Awards 1995, the actors were nominated for Best Ensemble and Luke Edwards at the Saturn Awards ceremony in 1995 as best young actor.

The original soundtrack was composed by Hummie man and then rejected.

1994 in film Screenplay Film score Stanley Clarke Donald E. Thorin John Ashton (actor) Kevin Dunn John Beasley (actor) List of sports films 21st Saturn Awards Chicago Sun-Times
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