This is a fantastic film! I enjoyed myself the entire time. I never once checked my watch to see what time it was. One man said to me as I was leaving the theater, “I’m going to go see that again!”
The story is full of humorous moments as the young Mexican teammates and their coach face the challenges of poverty and racism in the 1950s. The whole team has plenty of grit. In one scene a player cut his foot on glass and his coach tells him he cannot play on that foot. “Then I will play on the other,” he replies.
The story focuses on the young baseball team, but there is a strained relationship of a son who wants his father’s blessing, and a budding romance between the coach and a single woman in town. Louis Gossett Jr. turns in a nice performance as an instrumental character who helps the Monterey team. He turns out to be a famous star from the Negro Leagues of yesteryear.
The script, the acting, music, directing, and everything comes together nicely. The Perfect Game is the perfect spring movie for the family. We gladly award this wonderful film five Doves, our highest rating. Take your family out to the old ball game, or in this case, this movie. This film hits a homerun!
