Chasing 3000

2010

1 hr. 38 min.

Kids & Family

Drama

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Mickey (Ray Liotta) recounts the cross-country journey of his 15-year-old self (Trevor Morgan) and his young brother, Roger (Rory Culkin), who suffers from muscular dystrophy, to see baseball player Roberto Clemente's 3,000th hit. Their mother (Lauren Holly) doesn't know where they went, so the cops track down the "stolen" car as they travel to Pittsburgh. Determined to see their idol's historic event, the boys will do anything to get to the baseball stadium, including hitch a ride on a train.

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This is a very good movie about family with the backdrop of a major historical baseball event of Roberto Clemente trying to become the eleventh player to have 3000 hits. Story follows two brothers rom a broken home originally from Pittsburgh, now residing in California, go on an unauthorized road trip to watch Clemente reach his historic goal Very good cast and I really enjoyed the story even with the melodrama.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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I enjoyed how the story revolved around baseball great Roberto Clemente, but, I didn't enjoy the overall story probably because I thought the older brother was insensitive to his younger brother who was dying.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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A great movie about brotherhood and baseball history. A strong road trip movie for the whole family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Often times sports can bring out the best and the worst in people, but the majority of those stories take place on the field of play. Everything that happens is centered around the game, and rightfully so, that's where the cameras are focused, but once in a while, a story comes along that takes the focus off the field, Chasing 3000 is one such story. In the summer of 1972, Roberto Clemente is 6 hits away from reaching 3000 hits, but brothers Mickey and Roger are stuck in Southern California. Roger's (Rory Culkin) muscular dystrophy has forced the family to relocate, leaving the boys 3000 miles away from their favorite baseball player, but Mickey (Trevor Morgan) has no intention of it preventing him from witnessing history. One weekend when their mother goes away on business, the boys decide to steal her car and make the journey back home, to Pittsburgh. Despite this being a true story, with the cast they have, I feared that this movie would be some lame farce, but it surprised me by being genuine and heartwarming. The truth is that Mickey seemed to always resent his brother, until they went on the trip, and he realized just how a like they really are. Trevor Morgan stars and while I usually don't like the roles he chooses, but he is a very solid young lead. Morgan was good, but it's Rory Culkin who steals the show, playing the hopelessly ill younger brother, who at heart is every bit the wild teenager that his brother is. Along the way, the boys meet a whole cast of unusual characters portrayed in cameos by some people you'd never expect to see in an independent film. As I've said a million times, depth of cast always helps a film along, especially an independent drama. A lot of people will be turned off by the fact that this film centers around a historic sports achievement, but this is by no means a film about sports, and should appeal to large audiences.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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A real love letter to Clemente! Good movie, with both actors really playing brothers well! Lots of good period music! A little drawn out, as the boys go from L.A. to "The Burg" to see Clemente's 3000 hit. And Ray Liotta's voice over reminded me a bit too much of "Good Fellas", though the writing was more like the quality of the voice over in "The Sandlot" (not a complement!). And another Culkin in a wheelchair seems weird. But the movie jerked a few tears outta me, and what's not to love about Liotta's laugh? As I type this, I find myself wanting a '72 Pirates cap! Sigh...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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A brotherly love tale substantially weightier than its baseball road-trip premise might indicate.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Gregory J. Lanesey

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Ray Liotta

Adult Mickey

Rory Culkin

Roger

Trevor Morgan

Mickey

Lauren Holly

Marilyn

Tania Raymonde

Kelly

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Andrew Barker

Variety

A brotherly love tale substantially weightier than its baseball road-trip premise might indicate.

Aug 27, 2010

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Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

This sincere, nostalgic, brothers-on-the-road movie has its strong points but sadly fails to do what Clemente so famously did in his final at-bat - finish on a high note.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 26, 2010

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Ryan Cracknell

Movie Views

Chasing 3000 is a nostalgia-fueled bore that uses baseball history as a backdrop for a formulaic road trip movie.

Nov 17, 2013

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Ernest Hardy

L.A. Weekly

It's a tapestry of cinematic clichs in the service of fictionalized memoir, pushed just past serviceability by some great old footage of Clemente and affecting performances by Morgan, Culkin and Holly.

Aug 26, 2010

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Synopsis

Mickey (Ray Liotta) recounts the cross-country journey of his 15-year-old self (Trevor Morgan) and his young brother, Roger (Rory Culkin), who suffers from muscular dystrophy, to see baseball player Roberto Clemente's 3,000th hit. Their mother (Lauren Holly) doesn't know where they went, so the cops track down the "stolen" car as they travel to Pittsburgh. Determined to see their idol's historic event, the boys will do anything to get to the baseball stadium, including hitch a ride on a train.

Director: Gregory J. Lanesey
Screenwriter: Bill Mikita, Cris D'Annunzio
Production Co: Pretty Dangerous Films
Genre: Kids & Family, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2017

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