The Perfect Game is a 2009 American family feelgood movie, the true story of a group of ragtag kids from a Mexican village that – with the help of their priest and a down-and-out ex-major leaguer – form a baseball team that wins the 1957 Little League World Series.

It’s the summer of ’57, and the Little League World Series is in full swing. A priest and a down-and-out former major leaguer lead a group of shoeless, underprivileged kids from Monterrey, Mexico to the Championship game across the border in the United States. After encountering many hardships, such as deportation and racism, these kids hold on to the only thing that they have even known- faith- and win 13 games in a row. Capturing the hearts of all nations, this is the team that could!

Review

"A perfect family movie…Director William Dear, who seems to specialize in family films, hits this one out of the park with a heartwarming and true tale that is strongly enhanced by the consistent use of black and white newsreel footage of the real team interspersed throughout the movie. Although The Perfect Game is firmly in the Rocky/Karate Kid underdog mode (right down to the use of those films’ composer Bill Conti for the soaring musical score), the uniqueness and ethnic flavor of the story makes it fresh in its own way.

Acting is first rate throughout with Collins Jr. superb as a talented guy getting his own second chance, Marin is perfectly cast as the warm-hearted Priest who offers moral and financial support, a feisty Emilie de Raven is an aggressive news reporter and the entire team is led by the irresistible Austin and Moises Arias (Hannah Montana) as the colorful Mario." BoxOffice.com