Mr. Baseball (1992):

Starring:

Tom Selleck - Jack "Mr. Baseball" Elliot

Ken Takakura - Uchiyama

Aya Takanashi - Hiroko Uchiyama

Dennis Haysbert - Max "Hammer" Dubois

Toshi Shioya - Yoji Nishimura

Larry Pennell - Howie Gold

Scott Plank - Ryan Ward

Director:

Fred Schepisi (Roxanne; Six Degrees Of Separation)

Synopsis:

When has-been baseball player Jack Elliot (Tom Selleck) is signed by a Japanese team, he is initially reluctant to take the game seriously. Elliot is very successful, though, as he teaches the team about American chutzpah, and they remind him of the value of respect. He must fight his way out from under a slump to show that he deserves the title of "Mr. Baseball".

Review:

Seriously LOVE this movie. Sure maybe it's a cheesy 90's baseball movie starring a whole bunch of Japanese actors that no one outside of Japan has heard of, but Tom Selleck was in his prime & whether your a fan or not, he is quite a hilarious man. Not to mention he has the best god damn mustache this side of Ron Swanson. Everything you want from a comedic white man in Japan baseball movie. Silly slap stick. Clashing cultures. Interracial love. Silly customs. Overall it's an awesome movie!!! Allan Creasy will agree with me. Absolutely love the scene where Selleck is filming a Japanese commercial. I will say that the only down fall is that, although I understand that it was important to the story & detrimental to the developing relationship between Selleck's character & his traditional Japanese manager I felt like they spent way too much time on the Hiroko/Jack storyline. Way too many conversations etc. between the two.

Budget: $25,000,000

Box Office: $20,883,046

Profit: -$4,116,954

Rotten Tomatoes: 13%

Flixster: 37% 

77%

Lead Acting: 12/15

Supporting Cast: 10/15

Plot: 10/10

Compared To The Genre: 8/10

Cinematography: 12/20

Intrigue: 15/20

Extra: 10/10