Major League

1989

Action / Comedy / Sport

31
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 84% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 82307 82.3K

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Plot summary

When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed.

Director

David S. Ward Photo
David S. Ward

Top cast

Wesley Snipes Photo
Wesley Snipes as Willie Mays Hayes
Charles Cyphers Photo
Charles Cyphers as Charlie Donovan
Kevin Crowley Photo
Kevin Crowley as Vic Bolito
Charlie Sheen Photo
Charlie Sheen as Ricky Vaughn
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
902.29 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 13
1.7 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 61

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 8 / 10

It's the slobs versus the snobs...

... in this great ensemble film about the underdog, from several perspectives, and it's my favorite sports film even though I don't even like baseball. Being a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan, and given the team's dilemma for the past thirty years, I definitely feel for the city of Cleveland.As for the plot, Rachel Phelps is the ex-showgirl widow of the owner of the Cleveland Indians, and as such she has inherited the team. The first day of the new season she comes in with a puzzling roster for spring training - A bunch of has-beens and never-will-be's. She later confides in GM Charlie Donovan that she is deliberately trying to build a team that doesn't just lose - it's been doing that for 34 years - but finishes dead last, with attendance so poor that by contract she is allowed to break her lease with the city and move the team to Florida.At that point the movie's focus moves to the jug band of players she recruited, how they work together, and how some of them just rub each other the wrong way. At first it looks like Rachel Phelps's plan will be a success, but how would the team react if they knew? Watch and find out.It's one of the most quotable movies out there and provides genuine tension at the end as you really WANT these guys to win. It gives off such energy. I wasn't a huge fan of the romantic subplot involving Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger) trying to win back his ex-wife because it felt a little forced, but I did appreciate that it gave him some character development.Charlie Sheen's "Wild Thing" Ricky Vaughn is iconic, the writing is brilliant , and it gives us a beautiful story of a bunch of ragtag misfits coming together to prove their individual and collective worth.
Reviewed by Quinoa1984 7 / 10

Yes Yes Yes

This is one of the best baseball sports films ever made. Notg because it exactly depicts the tradition of baseball. Mainly because of a pitcher who can throw a ball at 96 mph at a guys head, a vodoo guy who doubts Jesus Christ's curve ball skills, and a guy named Willy Mayes Hayes who can run like haze but hit like s***. These are the original comedy things added to this great baseball film about the new owner of the Cleavland Indians who wants the team to finish dead last so she can sell the team. That is until the team (which includes Tom Berenger, Cornin Bernson, Charles Cyphers, Wesley Snipes and Charlie Sheen) changes all that. Incredibly funny, and it gets better with each viewing. My favorite moment, when Hays (played by a good newcomer named Wesley Snipes) finds out he made the Indians and just runs outside and goes (Owwwww, yes yes yes). A+
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