The Sandlot
A group of neighborhood boys spend their summer playing baseball and navigating the challenges of growing up together. A new boy joins the team and learns the ropes of the game while the group faces a mysterious legend behind a nearby fence. It is a nostalgic look at childhood friendship and the bond of a sports team.
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A group of neighborhood boys spend their summer playing baseball and navigating the challenges of growing up together. A new boy joins the team and learns the ropes of the game while the group faces a mysterious legend behind a nearby fence. It is a nostalgic look at childhood friendship and the bond of a sports team.
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What's in it
- Scary
- Some
- Violence
- Mild
- Language
- Mild
- Rude humour
- Mild
- Sad themes
- Mild
- Pace
- Moderate
- The film follows a traditional cinematic rhythm with long scenes of dialogue and play balanced by occasional bursts of action. Estimated
Scary moments
- Approx.SomeThe boys describe a large, fearsome dog known as 'the Beast' that lives behind a fence.
- Approx.ScaryBenny faces off against the dog to retrieve a lost baseball.
Talk about it after
- 1What did you think of the way the boys worked together as a team?
- 2How did the boys' feelings about the 'Beast' change once they finally met him?
- 3Why do you think the boys' friendship was so important to them during the summer?
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