| Overall: | C- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 106 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 18 Feb 2002 |
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For other baseball movies, check out Angels In The Outfield and Rookie Of The Year. The Mighty Ducks features an underdog hockey team from the poor side of the city that is also stuck with a reluctant coach. Keanu Reeves also starred in a football film called The Replacements.
Home Video Extra Features
Although we have not reviewed the DVD version of Hardball, we provide the following for your convenience…
DVD Release Information:
- Studio: Paramount Home Video
- Theatrical release date: September 14, 2001
- DVD release date: February 19, 2002
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Production company: Paramount Pictures
- Package type: Keep case
- Aspect ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
- DVD encoding: Region 1
- Available audio tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English & French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround).
- Available subtitles: English.
- Commentary by Director Brian Robbins and Writer John Gatins
- Making of featurette
- Deleted scenes
- Hardball music video featuring Lil Bow Wow, Lil’ Wayne, Lil’ Zane, and Sammie

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.