
Roger, who has lost his mother, is living separated from his father. As he and his friend J.P. are fans of the California Angels baseball team, he has got only two dreams: living together with a real family and seeing the Angels winning the Pennant.... (Full plot summary below)
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Roger, who has lost his mother, is living separated from his father. As he and his friend J.P. are fans of the California Angels baseball team, he has got only two dreams: living together with a real family and seeing the Angels winning the Pennant.
Leave your thoughts about Angels in the Outfield.
| Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisBut as a neo-Dickensian Disney exercise in old-fashioned sentiment this has a certain charm and a sense of human decency that tended to win me over. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallFans should enjoy it; parents won't suffer too much. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLouis Alter MarkAt Angels‘ end, Al tells Roger, ”We’re always watching.” That’s more than audiences will say about this disappointing movie. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThe sap in this movie rises almost as high as the Angels. It's a special kind of kiddie sentimentality: fantastical and self-congratulatory. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackAngels in the Outfield may not be a great baseball movie, but it is a cheerful line drive as a story about having faith when the world seems stacked against you. |
| VarietyBrian LowryThe term “crowd-pleasing” is frequently overused, but it applies to this — the latest in a line of so-so baseball movies, which serves up its corn so unabashedly it’s hard to take offense at its sappiness. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe baseball action isn't very interesting because the angels (led by Christopher Lloyd) manipulate the outcomes. And the human interest stuff is canned and unconvincing. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumUplifting (for some) fantasy-comedy-drama. Stick with original version from 1950s. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelA dreary, old-fashioned kids' baseball fantasy. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonBy the time the last out is called, the movie's shamelessness far outweighs its charms. Aimed at the minors, it's in a bush league all its own. |