Best on Disney Plus: The Rookie Watch Guide

The Rookie (2002) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. Sometimes dreams come back to life.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Disney Plus. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Dennis Quaid as Jimmy Morris; Rachel Griffiths as Lorri Morris; Jay Hernandez as Joaquin 'Wack' Campos; Beth Grant as Olline; Angus T. Jones as Hunter Morris; Brian Cox as Jim Morris Sr.; Rick Gonzalez as Rudy Bonilla; Chad Lindberg as Joe David West

About The Rookie

Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

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