You Gotta Believe Review – Uplifting, Family-Friendly Entertainment
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- Category: Haute This Issue
- Published on Tuesday, 13 August 2024 12:32
- Written by Janet Walker
You Gotta Believe, from Well Go USA Entertainment, presents an uplifting, heartfelt, family drama, as an all-heart baseball team from Fort Worth, Texas is offered the chance to compete in the Little League World Series championships.
The film begins as Fort Worth, Texas Westside Little League is finishing their last game and as we realize, even before we are told, the kids have heart and love the game, but skill, well, the love of the game is sometimes enough.
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Our two coaches, the true believer Bobby Ratliff, played by Luke Wilson, and the pragmatist, Jon Kelly, played by Greg Kinnear are attempting to rally our team. The last bat is a strikeout, and the season is over for the team.
Just as Jon is leaving the field, he is approached by the Texas Little League representative Kliff Young, played by Patrick Renna, who explains they want you to coach your team in the playoffs for the Little League World Series championships. Jon explains the team is in last place in the league, as a realist he believes it may just be adding one more game to the season, so he decides to take on the job with Bobby.
For Bobby, baseball, and spending time with his family, and building cherished memories with his best friend, Jon, is what life is all about. Today, after the game, he is playing catch in the yard, when he faints. After a series of tests, he is diagnosed with cancer.
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With only two weeks to prepare they bring on Coach Mitch Belew, played by Lew Temple, and we realize our team of believers, is willing to put in the effort, but effort, heart, and hope, may not be enough to advance in the regionals. Then, they find out that Bobby is sick and decide they are going to win, not for them but for their coach.
After a shuffle in the line-up, the first game arrives. So accustomed to losing, our Westside team has nothing to lose, and they play like this is their last game because they have been at this same place, many times. Suddenly, a grand slam home run, over the fence, and our team, who were counted out before they arrived, won!
Surprising everyone except the boys, the team advances. Our realist Coach Jon continues to manage the team's expectations, while Coach Belew finds it hard to mask his surprise at each win. Suddenly our Cinderella team reached the district championships, then regionals, and finally the state championships.
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And just when you think this Cinderella story is going to end, our team, fighting for more than a chance to compete in the Little League World Series Championship wins again. And then are on their way to Pennsylvania to compete with the best of the best.
In just over three months our little leaguers, the last team in the league, who were already counted down and out before they began, made it to the show. Unfortunately, Bobby’s cancer has accelerated just as quickly and now decisions need to be made.
What follows is one for the record books, a realist and a believer, the best of friends, and a team of improbable champions facing impossible odds, battle for one more game.
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You Gotta Believe, is an inspirational, family-friendly drama, based on the true story of the 2002 Little League playoffs, that leaps off the screen infusing audiences with a renewed sense of purpose, faith, hope, optimism, and courage. A film about baseball, families, and teams facing long, nearly impossible, odds, and made for the dreamers.
The ensemble delivers entertaining and heartbreaking performances throughout. The arch of the young actors is showcased as they transform from last in the league to champions. The emotional journey throughout is believable and honest. It is a tear-jerker.
Heartfelt and poignant, You Gotta Believe, opens in theaters on August 30, 2024. A must-see for the whole family!
Country: U.S.
Language: English.
Release Date: August 30, 2024.
Runtime: 104 minutes.
Director: Ty Roberts.
Producer: Houston Hill, Matt Harvey, Pasha Patriki, Byron Campbell, Ty Roberts, Greg McCabe, Allen Gilmer, George M. Young Jr., Wes W. Williams.
Executive Producer: Marlon Volgesgang, Charles Dorfman, Doris Pfardrescher, Tony Vanderveerdonk.
Writer: Ty Roberts, Lane Garrison.
Starring: Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon, Lew Temple, Etienne Kellici, Molly Parker, Patrick Renna, Michael Cash, Gavin MacIver-Wright, Connor McMahon, King Orba, Jacob Soley, Blake DeLong, Nicholas Fry, Ali Hassan, Davide Fair, Christopher Seivright, Josh Reich, Scott MacKenzie, Jacob Mazeral, BBrooke Morton, Jackie English, Evan Hasler, Seth Murchison, Taylor Hunt-Wright, Jay Wong, Kevin Labonte.
