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Safe at Home 
Actors : Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, William Frawley, Patricia Barry, Don Collier
Director : Walter Doniger
Studio : Sony Pictures
by Sony Pictures
Release Date : 1996-03-05
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9786303962870
UPC : 043396943339
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 9 reviews)
List Price : $14.95
Our Price : $1.92
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Mildly entertaining family movie |
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I watched this with my four boys who are all big baseball fans. It reminded me of an episode of Flipper and I found it about as interesting. I did like the talk Mantle and Maris gave the boy about responsibility. My 10 and 12 year old boys thought "it was ok" "little bit interested in some part, but not the best movie" "It was neat they had Mantle and Maris. I did not know they did any movies." My 7 and 9 year old boys both liked it an said, "It was a really cool movie." For the price it might be worth picking up for an evenings entertainment. Just don't expect to much. |
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fun to see Mickey and Roger in a movie together |
As a big Yankee fan I enjoyed seeing this movie, but it was not beautifully scripted and the acting and dialog were not very good. It was clearly done for publicity after great success they had in 1961.
Don't watch it if you can't stand bad acting and poor scripts. |
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Feel good nostalgia! |
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I can remember seeing this movie at our theatre downtown during the summers. Our local paper always had coupons we could turn in with a milk bottle cap and 25 cents to see movies while our moms shopped. Safe at Home was one of my all-time favorites. "Roger Maris . . . Mickey Mantle . . . gosh . . . gee" It's a wonderful movie of a time less difficult and harried. My son, who's 22, is a huge Mantle fan and I can hardly wait for him to see the movie. |
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Nostalgic Fun |
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This film really plays like an episode of "Leave It To Beaver" because of the situation little Bryan Russell gets himself into. He tells his friends that Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were his pals when he used to live in New York. Now living in Florida Russell has to figure a way to get over to see Mantle and Maris in spring training to save the day. William Frawley plays their New York Yankee's coach. Do they come to Russell's rescue or not? This is a good family film. |
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The M & M Boys Go To Hollywood |
Maris and Mantle were the greatest "one-two punch" in sports history since Ruth and Gehrig (and they didn't have the alliteration!) when this picture was made. Around that time they made a cameo in the Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedy "That Touch of Mink" so this was a natural progression.
As you might expect, it's an incredibly sentimental, predictable movie about a little leaguer who sez he knows Maris & Mantle - you tell me the plot.
The nostalgia factor is high and never embarrassing; in fact, Roger and Mickey do a decent job in the acting department. Manager Ralph Houk is on hand but not in uniform - William Frawley plays "The Coach" and does okay, despite being a little too old for the role. |
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