The Sandlot Kids 2

Why was was this garbage made? It was a pointless waste of time. It's the EXACT same film scene for scene of the first movie except they threw in three girls in the mix and it takes place in the 1970's. Even worse, it's from the same guy who directed the first movie!

The kids in the first film were likable and cool, whereas the characters are in this sequel are all annoying and unlikable.

David has no personality, Haley is annoying, fat kid is obnoxious, Johnny is a whiny wuss, Haley's two friends served no purpose and were pointless, everybody else was forgettable. Why did this movie need a deaf kid? It added nothing to the film. Oh and that Retriever kid was pointless and was only in the movie because he was the director's son. Worst kid actor ever! What was with his face? He looks mentally retarded.

The acting is atrociously bad! Where did they find these kids off the street? The kid who plays David looks disinterested and bored the entire movie. He says all his lines all monotone and dry. The kid who plays Johnny is awful. He flubs all his lines and they're horribly delivered. The fat kid just screams all his lines. The token black kid sounds like he's reading off cue cards. Ugh.... everybody was bad.

James Earl Jones clearly did this crap for a paycheck.

This movie is a shot for shot remake of the first down to the dog ending chase scene, you play ball like a girl insult scene, the kiss at the fair, the camp out storytelling about the dog, the montage of trying to get the ball back, going against the rival team in a baseball match, the voice over at the end telling what happened to all the kids, even the framed picture of all the kids in the last shot. Lazy, lazy, LAZY!

The dialogue is horrible. Take a drink every time the fat kid said crap! or somebody said "What the hell"? Their is one utter of ass and sh- t! It felt so forced and cringe. Like wow we're so cool.

One the worst movies I ever seen in my life! The original Sandlot is a childhood classic. This trash sequel should have never been made.

It's 1972, 10 years after the original movie. A new group of kids play at the Sandlot. Johnnie is the little brother of the original's Scott Smalls. He's launching a rocket when David Durango and his friends confront him. He almost burns the dugout down and only saved by Hayley Goodfarier living next to the Sandlot. Later, Hayley and her two girl friends dare to show up on the field. David faces off against her underhand pitching and they decide to join forces. When the ball goes over the wall, Johnnie recounts The Great Fear.

There is a nostalgic love for the original which is always going to be trouble for any sequel. This is essentially mission impossible. The original has a timeless perfection which this one struggles with. The addition of girls is an interesting turn. It's fun to twist the "You play like a girl" insult. The sense of time and place is not quite up to snuff. The small contained coming-of-age world is lost to some degree. The kiss at the carnival is the first good moment although the tag at the plate should have been a dropped ball. As it stands, it's simply a hard play and not a dirty play. Samantha Burton is not a natural actress. It's obvious she's there for her ball skills and she's also pretty cute. The acting from the kids are uneven but they do kinda grow on me. The cat claw contraption is hilariously childlike. It's reminiscent of the original but inferior. This could be a lot worse.

I think that it was it's own new script, but not as good as the original. I agree that "David" Max Lloyd-Jones was very good and a good looking kid. Samantha Burton was the other new face that was good in the movie. I would recommend buying it just for the collection. The whole new twist to it with a different year, girls, and the new situation is good. I definitely think that you should see it for Samantha Burton and especially Max Lloyd-Jones. James Earl Jones was a very good part to have back in the movie, because it gave it the old feel. The new Sandlot is its own new gang, but as I said not as good as the original. Some of the new actors weren't so good in their acting except for Max Lloyd-Jones, Samantha Burton, and the brother of the deaf kid.

If you've seen the original Sandlot movie, you will recognize numerous similarities in this sequel. The movie takes place ten years after the events of the first movie and revolves around a baseball team, which plays its games in the same sand lot as the original movie. The many similarities to the first film include a main character who is very fast, a chubby, curly-headed kid, and Mr. Mertle's dog, which plays a big role in the plot (again). In many ways, the movie is almost like someone found the old script and re-wrote it for a modern audience, changing the characters and story enough to make it a new movie, but keeping it similar enough to be true to the original story. If you're looking for an original piece that compliments the first one, this isn't really it. Like most sequels, this one tries to appeal to the audience of the original movie and takes few risks in covering any new territory, unless you count the inclusion of Sean Berdy as Sammy "Fingers" Samuelson, a deaf boy who provides an original comic distraction to the plot on more than one occasion.

Despite its similarities to the original, as a stand-alone piece, this is a nice little story and well worth watching, especially for the younger audiences who really liked the original Sandlot. If nothing else, the movie is entertaining and doesn't get bogged down with a complicated plot.

This film carried the burden of following up an American classic in the original, therefore being set up to be considered a disappointment by those (read: everyone/non-terrorists) who enjoyed the first. What saved The Sandlot 2 from being a complete disaster was a magnificent performance by the delightful Samantha Burton. Throughout the 97 minutes, Hayley Goodfairer will have you laughing, crying, before leaving you with a newfound belief in love with a kiss so passionate it rivals (dare I say surpasses?) the iconic kiss shared by the Notebook's Allie and Noah amidst the pouring rain. It was one of those once-in-a-generation performances where an actress puts the entire cast and crew on her shoulders and says "I will NOT let this movie suck!" Her ability to take a bunch of no-name actors and save them from the mediocrity that is their own talent (or lack thereof) when it is all said and done may go down as the single greatest cinematographic accomplishment since the invention of the moving picture. If she can stay away from the failings that often do in child stars, drugs, alcohol, hipsters with man-buns, I can say with as much certainty as I can say that I am going to die one day, that Samantha Burton will have won 15+ Oscars by the time it is all said and done.