
Based on a true story. In 1957 a rag-tag, shoeless, poor group of kids from Monterrey, Mexico shocked the world by winning 13 games in a row and the Little League World Series in the only perfect game ever pitched in the Championship. These kids, led by their priest and a down-and-out former major leaguer embark on a journey through the southern US and up into Williamsport, PA for the Championship game. They encountered many adversities including nearly being deported and the... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on a true story. In 1957 a rag-tag, shoeless, poor group of kids from Monterrey, Mexico shocked the world by winning 13 games in a row and the Little League World Series in the only perfect game ever pitched in the Championship. These kids, led by their priest and a down-and-out former major leaguer embark on a journey through the southern US and up into Williamsport, PA for the Championship game. They encountered many adversities including nearly being deported and the bigotry that wouldn't allow them into certain restaurants or travel on certain buses. They never lost their faith and eventually captured the hearts of both nations. This is a heart-warming inspirational story in the tradition of "Rudy", "Hoosiers", "Coach Carter" or "Friday Night Lights".
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt’s not a game anymore. In 1957, these kids were playing. And it was a perfect game. |
| New York PostLou LumenickThe film's flaws probably won't bother less jaded kids one whit. |
| Boston GlobeTom RussoMuch like a Sox starter struggling for the first couple of innings before settling down, The Perfect Game takes a while to get to the parts worth cheering. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyA very sweet, very slight family movie that scores smiles and tears of joy. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenAs the title loudly hints, ultimate victory assumes the flawless shape of the star pitcher’s perfect game, a rarity anywhere yet especially at the Little League level. In getting to that climax, the recreated game action is a bit tepid and the child actors too precociously cute, but the true tale in the midst of the fabrication remains a guaranteed heart-warmer. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubA movie for people who value heart and earnestness over technical filmmaking skill, and consider unpredictable plot turns a betrayal. |
| Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenAn imperfect film, but an unusual case in which the heart of both the story and its telling do help in smoothing over other deficiencies, sweet and disarming in its belief that something like a baseball game can make a bigger difference. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreThe characters in The Perfect Game speak old school “Hollywood Mexican.” In other words, they speak English with accents that we haven’t heard since the golden Age of Speedy Gonzalez. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonIt's an unabashedly corny but occasionally stirring dramedy based on the true-life story of scrappy young baseball players from Mexico who, in 1957, scored an improbable string of successes while playing their way from a Monterrey sandlot to the Little League World Series. |
| The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSo overwhelmed by its own based-on-actual-events tale that it can’t find the tone to tell it effectively. |