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The Hill
Directed by
Jeff Celentano
PG
2023
2h 1m
Biography
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6.7
44%
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The true story of Rickey Hill, the son of a travelling pastor who overcomes physical obstacles to pursue his dream of playing baseball in the major leagues.
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Cast of The Hill
Colin Ford
Rickey Hill
Dennis Quaid
James Hill
Joelle Carter
Helen Hill
Scott Glenn
Red Murff
Siena Bjornerud
Gracie Shanz
Ryan Dinning
Robert Hill
Carina Worm
Connie Hill
Bonnie Bedelia
Gram
Randy Houser
Ray Clemons
Adrian Eppley
Mariah
Jesse Berry
Young Rickey Hill
Mila Harris
Young Gracie
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Josh Meyers
James Devoti
Earl Shantz
Mark Rowe
Chuck Calhoun
Monica Louwerens
Patsy Shantz
Mason Gillett
Young Robert
Hailey Bithell
Young Connie
Pilot Bunch
Young Quinn
Tyrik Johnson
Young Jason
Tyler Johnson
Quinn
Mustapha J. Slack
Jason
Tracie Frank
Flora
Taylor St. Clair
Mrs. Babbit
Judy Leavell
Linda Meyers
David Silverman
Coach Don
Justin Miles
Ned McCormack
John Smoltz
Baseball Color Commentator
Jeff Celentano
Director / Producer
Angelo Pizzo
Writer
Scott Marshall Smith
Writer
Warren Ostergard
Producer
The Hill Ratings & Reviews
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
Echoes of Norman Rockwell bounce off The Hill, a sincere, inspiring baseball movie grounded in a complicated father-son relationship.
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
The Hill is a poorly constructed faith-based biopic about disabled baseball player Rickey Hill. This long-winded and preachy drama leaves big questions unanswered about his life. The movie is also plagued with hokey dialogue and corny acting performances.
Pauline Media Studies
Hosea Rupprecht
Starring Dennis Quaid as Rickey's preacher Dad, James, and directed by Jeff Celentano, this faith-based sports film uses the titular metaphor to express what Rickey had to overcome to pursue his heart's desire.
Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam
Charles Koplinski
In reading about Hill and his struggles, it's obvious his story needed no embellishment. His deeds were inspiration enough, something "The Hill" doesn't trust.
Keith & the Movies
Keith Garlington
There's plenty of good material to work with. But the wildly uneven handling of it leaves the movie oscillating between sincerely touching and overly sentimental.
The Newnan Times-Herald
Jonathan W. Hickman
... the movie's antiquated structure and insistence on relying on clumsy exposition when it should show us how Hill overcame the odds prove to be its undoing.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
When it's not wrestling (however nicely) with spiritual matters, "The Hill" is a well-meaning but dutiful trudge toward an ordained destination.
Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack)
Ty Burr
While the movie has its cliches and missteps... that central generational struggle is as old as the Bible (and "The Jazz Singer") and still dramatically compelling.
WORLD
Collin Garbarino
The production values are better than the typical faith-based movie, and the acting is solid, though at times a bit melodramatic. ... Most disappointingly, The Hill suffers from some of the same theological problems that plague other faith-based movies.
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
I swear sometimes I'm seeing different films. Look at Dennis Quaid's acting in this film, and the strong writing, and you'll realize it's a cut above the genre. Even as a non-religious person, I appreciated the spirituality thru the mystery of baseball.
Screen Rant
Rachel LaBonte
The Hill doesn't properly sell the obstacles in Rickey's way, and its refusal to deepen its central figure makes the whole affair feel hollow.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A heavy-handed, preachy and schmaltzy underdog sports story. In a double feature with American Underdog, it would be the inferior B-movie.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
The Hill is a corn-fed pile of religiosity and schmaltz.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
An unabashed, inspirational piece of Americana in the true story of a boy determined to play baseball despite a body cursed with frailty and a father too full of the Lord.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
Rickey Hill's journey to overcome his physical ailments and get into Minor League baseball is inherently compelling. The Hill inexplicably chooses to depict it through a series of worn-out clichés.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
While director/screenwriter Jeff Celentano's heart and soul is firmly in the right place, his faith-based drama suffers from being too long and repetitive and sidelines the subject's transition later in life.
KGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA)
Rick Bentley
This film never tries to be anything more than a family-friendly production designed to be inspirational. It has its flaws but the heart and soul of The Hill are in the right place.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
So formulaic that you might be inclined to call it "Field of Clichés"...yet it will probably meet the expectations of viewers who like this sort of cannily manufactured uplift.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Corny but uplifting.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
It is a cinematic case of confirmation bias, designed to fulfill preexisting values and beliefs.
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