Australian (with 'daddy issues') watches Field of Dreams for the first time 

►for early access, bloopers, polls & UNCUT VERSION check ► patreon.com/marycherryofficial ► GAMING CHANNEL: www.youtube.com/@cherry_plays ► follow me on ✰www.twitch.tv/maryycherryy (LIVE STREAMS) ► VLOG channel VARY CHERRY: www.youtube.com/@varycherry ► DISCORD: discord.com/invite/3pxX7QqGW7 ► IG: instagram.com/maryycherryy/ ► TWEET ME: twitter.com/maryycherryy FAQ sheet: docs.google.com/document/d/1_FkcwQ0vPAAk53YVyo-ChXc9AuX1pn5gbctrOkX13xA/edit

James Earl Jones monologue about baseball is one of the best written and acted moments in film. Another fun baseball movie to watch is A League of Their Own

Iowa boy here. The producers put out an unpaid casting call to anyone and everyone to drive their cars at the end of the movie. I'm somewhere towards the middle. That's me waving, you just can't see it.

Women appreciate the last scene. Men weep. Every time.

I never really thought that Field of Dreams was about baseball, the field itself is a character in the story, also the starting point and destination of a journey towards understanding and forgiveness. I’ve always been a bit cynical and skeptical by nature, I’m gen-x after all, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard”too wholesome” used as a criticism before. I get why, it’s just a new sentiment to hear.

Too wholesome? We live in a cynical world these days, I'm a 63 yo brit and I never grow tired of watching it. 4.5 on my scale out of 5. ❤

For all of us who have lost a parent this movie hits in a very different way, personally I don't know anything about baseball but I know I would give anything to be able to talk to my mother once again and ask for her advice.

I have never seen sombody think "too wholesome" as a complaint against something, wtf kinda world we living in now days? 🙄

This is a guy tear jerker movie. Every American boy has played pitch, catch, and hit with their dad . The end made me think of when I did this with my dad. He passed away in 2011 and this scene was even more poignant for me after that.

This was the final film of the legendary Hollywood Golden Age actor Burt Lancaster (who played Moonlight Graham). He has had a legendary career filled with great performances including SEPARATE TABLES (1958), JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) and also ELMER GANTRY(1960) (for which he won Best Actor Oscar), all of which I recommend.

It's tough for folks not from the USA to understand that baseball can be a religious experience for so many people. I wouldn't dare to try to explain.

One of the coolest things in this movie is that Moonlight Graham was a real person. He played one game in the major league in 1905, and then he was a children's doctor from 1909-1959 in Chisholm, Minnesota. What a legend.

Want Costner in a less wholesome sports movie? Watch Bull Durham. Baseball is the backdrop, not the entire story.

The Field of Dreams is still around. It is now a popular tourist attraction. They occasionally play major league baseball games there. Also, if you want more information about the Black Sox, there's a great movie called "Eight Men Out".

You don’t need to love baseball to love this movie. It was just a string to deliver the true story of redemption.

Sad era when great movies become "too wholesome"

Too Wholesome?? Wow I dont think you get it

As a grown man who’s seen this movie a countless number of times, I still get teary eyed when he asks his dad if he wants to play catch… my dad always made time to play catch with me & those will always be some of my most treasured childhood memories

This movie has generated more tears from adult American men than any other film except maybe Brian's Song.

“Hey dad? You wanna have a catch?” will forever make me sob uncontrollably. Love you Dad. Thankful I can still play catch with him at 34 years old ❤

Idk if other countries have something comparable. I am sure they do. But for us Americans playing catch with your Dad is a very special moment. I was never a big sports person. But I still valued playing catch with my Dad as a kid. So I still take every chance I can to play catch with him, while he is still here.

The line after he saved the girl, "Rookie, you were good." was actually thrown in as an homage to Lancaster. Basically the writers saying personally to him, as an actor "You were good"

I'm English, don't much care for baseball and never met my dad. I chuffin love this film 😊

Amy Madigan is an established actress. She is married to Academy Award nominee Ed Harris ("Pollock, " "Truman Show," "The Right Stuff," "Apollo 13"). Amy Madigan starred in a Stephen King film, "Needful Things." She also starred in "Uncle Buck."

The part with Ray playing catch with the young version of his father really gets to me and takes me back to when I was young and my father found time to play catch with me. I am over 70 and that really brings back the memory of that.

10:04 Wrigley Field in Chicago had just installed lights when this was being filmed. For decades, all Cubs home games began at 1:15 PM. In 1984, the Cubs almost went to the World Series (MLB championship, National League champion vs. American League champion, first to 4 wins), but the owners wanted all World Series games to be played at night. As a result, starting in 1985, it was decided that if the Cubs made it to the Series, they would have to play their games at the closest National League field, which was Busch Stadium, 250 miles away and home to their longtime rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals. As a result, the Cubs rushed to renovate the roof to hold the weight of lights and equipment and had them ready by the middle of the 1988 season.

I'm a 44 yr old Aussie and true what you said about baseball not really being part of most Aussies' lives but still, I grew up loving this movie. It is more of a guy's movie and sorry but every man will weep at the part when he gets to play ball with his dad, most guys will admit that this film is one of the few films where it is universally acceptable for a man to cry!

One of the greatest baseball movies ever! Top 5 along with The Sandlot, League of their own, the Bad News Bears (1977), and Major League!

In "Pride of The Yankees" (1942) Gary Cooper plays Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth plays himself. Gehrig and Ruth played for the New York Yankees in the 20's and 30's and were two of the best players ever.

44 years old and I still ball my eyes out. Even with a chopped up RU-vid version. 😢

This story is of the same kind as Star Wars. It is the Hero's Journey! In the beginning the hero hears or feels "The Call". The hero who reponds to the call enters a mystery which is initially unknown or explained until the Journey is completed. It is mythic.

Baseball really is a macguffin. The movie is about faith, forgiveness and sacrifice.

Babe Ruth played most of his career for the New York Yankees. Shoeless Joe played for the Chicago White Sox (infamously called The Black Sox due to the 1919 World Series). The film Eight Men Out is about that Chicago White Sox team. Also, if you consistently hit over .300 every season, it is most likely you will get a $300+ million contract.

The movie Bull Durham also stars Kevin Costner and is 100% about baseball.

This is a 5/5. I showed this to a friend, from Peru, where baseball is not popular, and now, she likes it more than just about any movie. Movies are meant to be movies, not political correctness and cynicism.

"Major League" is a real good movie on baseball. Great cast as well.

I can imagine it would be hard to grasp the full meaning of this movie without a good understanding of how baseball was perceived in America throughout the 20th century. Having a catch with your dad brings up a lot of strong feelings for men who either had that kind of relationship or didn’t with their fathers. For Americans, I’d say this movie isn’t “wholesome” but rather nostalgic. It brings back memories of times past in one’s own personal life and the decades shared between fathers and sons and the National Pastime that brought them together, sometimes when there was little else to do so, baseball.

Considering that this came out in 1989, a lot of adults at the time had grown up in the '60s and '70s which was when the growing youth culture created a very sizable generation gap between adolescents/young adults and their parents. Also, at the time baseball was still possibly the most popular sport in the United States, so the movie really struck a chord with a lot of people from the baby boomer generation, especially with Ray and his dad. A lot of men in their 30s and 40s at that time had very similar relationships with their fathers. You'll find a lot of popular baseball movies that were made in the '80s and '90s that have the sort of grand feeling that presents the sport as a larger than life thing that defined America in the 20th century because baby boomers were young when baseball was still looked at that way.

Playing catch with dad in the early evening, just as the sky begins turns pink, only to be interrupted when mom calls out letting you know that dinner is ready. This movie encapsulates that source memory, and just like Terrence said at the end, people will want to feel that feeling they had as a kid again. In that sense, the movie is magic.

"8 men out" is about the "Black Sox" scandal (1919) mentioned in the movie. It tells the story of what happened. check it out if you are interested in the back story to this.

“If you build it, he will come”. I love that quote so much

You should watch more of Burt Lancaster's work. He was a phenomenal actor. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) The Birdnan if Alcatraz 1962 Come Back Little Sheba 1952 Marty 1955 The Rose Tattoo 1955 Elmer Gantry 1960 From Here to Eternity 1953 (The beach scene is parodied in the comedy "Airplane!") Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 A Child is Waiting 1963 The Train 1964 Sweet Smell of Success 1957 Airport 1970 Atlantic City 1970 Local Hero 1983 There are so many more of his films to experience.

For a movie to become "too wholesome" should be a wakeup call to the state of the world we live in now.

Very few people in 2024 would know, but Moonlight Graham was played by a legendary actor from the 40s & 50s Getting him for this role was a major deal at the time. People just liked seeing him on the screen again.

Such a wonderful concept for a movie. Just an absolute classic.

You should watch Harvey. Great old Jimy Stewart movie.

I'm from the UK and when it came out in 1989, 'if you build it, he will come' became a kind of catchphrase and has since. I have met a lot of people over the years who have quoted that line and can't remember the film. So, it's not so much about baseball as in believing in your dreams even if others think you're crazy. There's a quote from German philosopher, Goethe, who said, to the effect of 'When you decide to do something, all kinds of things come to assist you that you could not have dreamed of'. I like the film not just because it's about believing in your dreams but because it shows how all those things that can happen to help you that you could never plan or imagine, all because you made the decision to follow your dream. Five out of five stars for me.

that baseball diamond is still in that corn field in Iowa. you can go visit it, any time.

Love this movie. On a road trip in 92, we went to the site. I had a catch on the field with my dad. My dads cousin owned the farm you can see in the background. “Eight men out” is a movie about the black Sox scandal

I'm from England but I ❤ this film

You are getting your teams mixed up. Ruth played for the RED Sox and Yankees Joe Jackson played for the WHITE SOX. Lights first came in 1938.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are extras in the crowd at the Boston game.

So sad, this movie went over your head. I'm a Brit', I have no love of baseball, yet this is possibly my all-time favourite movie. So many memorable scenes & characters. Especially the late, great Burt Lancaster.

You teally need to see - A. League of their Own. - Great baseball movie with Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, and many other good actors. 1 of my Favs.

This is in my Top 10 of all time, tear up at the end…every time.👍👏🏻😍🇬🇧

Every American man cries at the last scene when Ray gets a chance to play catch with his dad.

Is this a re-upload or am I dreaming? I believe James Earl Jones was wary to make another baseball movie, but the monologue made it too good to pass up, but he thought there was no way they would keep the whole speech in the movie. They did.

One of my top 5 movies. I remember seeing it in the theater. It's about father and sons; about loss and longing for that "one more chance" to make amends; to share a special moment. I cry every time I watch it, still.

Too wholesome? Go play some video games and watch more superhero movies. 🙄

You have to check out “Bull Durham” w/ Kevin Costner. Being from Durham, the movie will always be special to me, but it’s one of the best baseball movies ever

The Field Of Dreams that was built for this movie still exists in Iowa. Additionally, Major League Baseball in America built an adjacent, professional, baseball stadium, modeled after the Chicago White Sox original, home, field, Comiskey Park, where they have twice held actual games there once a season. There are two, other, great, baseball movies that you should watch and react to if you ever get the chance. Eight Men Out is about the Black Sox Scandal during the 1919 World Series that eventually led to “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and the other, seven, Chicago White Sox players being permanently banned from ever playing professional baseball again. A great, underrated movie that has one of the saddest, final moments in any sports film that was actually mentioned in the opening monologue of Field Of Dreams The other movie is The Natural starring Robert Redford. It’s best described as the myth of how we all think about how baseball was played in days gone by. A truly, great, uplifting, magical film.

Hi Mary!😊 Email was brand new in 1989. Some people did not catch that young Archie Graham being picked up as a hitchhiker, was actually old Doc Graham.😉 The film would probably have more meaning for you if you had grown up with baseball in Austrailia. I think it does have much more impact if you are an American.😉 Great reactions to this well made fantasy classic, Mary!!!! 🎬👏👏👏👏

Back around 1990, I met WP Kinsella, the author of Shoeless Joe which Field of Dreams was based on. Nice guy. Somewhere I might have an autographed copy of the book. A classic baseball movie. Really heartwarming. :)

Great reaction, Mary! I am from Iowa. When this film was being made I was student at UNI (a college near where this was filmed). Three friends and I were in one of cars in that long line at the end. I had no idea it'd be such a fond memory that I'd be looking back on for the next 30+ years! Thanks for doing this.. it's a great movie!

Let me explain why this film means so much to men. The male brain is built to dedicate massive resources to visio spatial awareness...movement and hand eye coordination. When males catch, throw, or track objects through space our brains are experiencing large amounts of primary blood flow, and we are very "awake" and more open than when we are at rest. So, when having a catch with other males, our brains are causing us to bond stronger because of the passing of the ball back and forth. Its like saying "I am with you, you are with me." There is hard science behind this. Why do you think men bond so hard with other men through physical activities? So when us men see that scene of catch between father and son, our memories are vividly recreating a moment that was intense for us so long ago, a moment of love and admiration for our fathers.

The Field of Dreams still exists in Dyersville, Iowa. I visited it a few times as an Iowan kid. In 2021, the first Major League Baseball game was played there.

I live in Iowa somewhat near there! Nothing much here other then the field and 🌽 😅

This is a real place, it’s a tourist attraction now. My brother went there for his 50th birthday. He was 10 when our dad died, dad was always involved in all our little league teams for my siblings growing up either as a coach or an umpire (I didn’t play), so it was a big deal to him.

Too wholesome for you? Guess I keep forgetting what you are.

The wives evil brother he’s in another classic baseball movie. You should see. little big league (94)

For Love of The Game is another great Kevin Costner sports movie.

“Where are they parking their cars?” 😂😂😂

This film is about so much more than baseball. It's about family. Things we wish we never said. Relationships we wish we could have fixed. Dreams we never chased because life got the better of us or because it was "time to grow up." It's also about spouses being their for each other; believing in one another. Ray took a chance for his Annie and bought a farm. She reciprocated by believing in him and taking a chance. In a way, they helped each other fulfill their dreams. As an American who grew up watching baseball, I can appreciate the baseball aspect of the film. For me, this film used baseball as a vessel to deliver more powerful messages. If you want, just replace baseball with cricket.

There’s a sequel you should watch about a Little League team. It’s called Children of the Corn.

I LOVE this movie. Even watching your reaction I teared up at the end when he called him Dad ❤

You don’t know him, but Moonlight..Doc Graham is legendary Academy Award winning actor…Burt Lancaster..had movies in the late 40’s..the 50’s, 60’s ,70’s and 80’s..very handsome guy back then..played with the top actresses of the day ..

Sad fact about the movie, the man playing Costners father, in real life, his dad died unexpectedly during filming. So he went to his own father’s funeral and then went straight after to his scene where he re connects with his son after he had passed away. Incredible movie though!

Great reaction Mary!! I'm a South African and I have watched 'Field Of Dreams'. I also give it a 3/5. Please react to 'Below - 2002', 'Equilibrium - 2002', 'Mortal Kombat - 1995', 'Stargate - 1994', 'Taken - 2008 (Uncensored version)'.

Reconciliation with your dad gets guys every time. 90 years and counting of baseball movies. James Earl Jones, ballplayer. BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL-STARS AND MOTOR KINGS. Kevin Costner, ballplayer. BULL DURHAM. All sorts. Fun/comedic? BAD NEWS BEARS, MAJOR LEAGUE, ANGLES IN THE OUTFIELD, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. Serious/ Biopic? COBB with Tommy Lee Jones, EIGHT MEN OUT, the Shoeless Joe movie. THE NATURAL, PRIDE Of THE YANKEES. Ronald Reagan, Clint Eastwood, and Jimmy Stewart all have baseball movies of some sort. Not a baseball movie? Karen was watching HARVEY on TV with Jimmy Stewart and his invisible rabbit. Wow, Mary! Too much more to say. Ken Burns documentary BASEBALL. Peace love dope

If you are still looking for movies (sorta, closer) like The Sandlot, maybe try Benchwarmers, or some of the older Bad News Bears flicks. That being said, The Sandlot is pretty much a gem unto itself. As for the 'wholesome' comment, yer not too far off... you gotta understand that by the 80's, you had a crop of kids that grew up on Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart and matinee serials and the such, and so it was matter of 'the seeds have been planted' and "when O grow up, I'm gonna make movies"... and so you did have that happening in the 80's... flicks like Back to the Future, this one, The Big Chill, even Tom Hanks' Big, amongst so many others, did have that nostalgia motiff weaved right into its fabric.

Mary, if you want a funny Kevin Costner sports movie, “Tin Cup (1996)”, would be it w/ Rene Russo (Lethal Weapon 3) as his shrink, while checking all Mr. Salvador’s boxes. I’m not much of a sports fan either but as you say that’s only a plot device. Please consider it.

Try ‘The Natural’ with Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Duvall and others. Oscar winning film that I’m sure you’ll recognize from memes.

I'd give this a 4.8/5 This movie belongs in a category of it's own. There isn't really a antagonist, or high stakes. But it connects on a personnel level. And deals with unresolved issues from parent/kid relationships so many have experienced, myself included. I grew up watching baseball, it was one of the few things my dad and I had in common.

If this one was "too wholesome" for you, then I STRONGLY suggest "Major League" with Charlie Sheen and Wesley Snipes for your next "Baseball movie", as it is a comedy and it has a few "blue humor moments".

4:14 - "Good evening, Mr. Dowd" what they were watching on the TV was "Harvey" from 1950, starring the great Jimmy Stewart. It's a classic; you should definitely give it a look!

Oof. Tough watch. My favorite part was when you said you didn't know much about baseball and then talked over the baseball backstory that was meant for people who didn't know much about baseball.

Mary, I love you; but with respect I don't think you understand that it isn't about baseball or being American even Kevin Costner and the creators have said that. I don't like sports at all and it's one of my all-time favorite films, "Baseball" is just a means to frame the story of which the message is much deeper than I think you realized. Although it does hit closer to home if you had a difficult relationship with your father which I unfortunately did.

another mystical ( but very different ) baseball movie - the Natural , Rob. Redford. my fave sports flick , actually NFL football - Brians Song which was a TV special.

The best sports movie is "Miracle", and you should give it a try. True story about the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team. You do not need to know really a whole lot about hockey to realize how epic this movie is.

Mary, part of the reason this film doesn't resonate with you is cultural, and also, you don't seem to have a close relationship with your father. For many fathers and sons, sports is a typical way to bond and communicate life lessons. Since many men don't easily verbalize their feelings, sports is that commonality that cements father and son bonds. When I saw the movie when it was released, I had a friend who had lost his father the year before. When he watched Ray and his father play catch, his emotional dam had burst. As were about 3/4 of all the guys in the theater. A simple catch with dad or your son holds many powerful emotions for many American males. In Japan, I was told that it was very popular. Not only because baseball is big in their country, but also many Japanese strongly believe in their passed relatives living amongst them. Baseball was a bridge for the real story; the regret and restoring the love between Roy and his father. The making heaven on earth is all about reconnecting the love that was always there.

Continue the baseball trend and react to A League of Their Own! It’s so good and I know you’ll absolutely love it! One of the best baseball movies out there, it’s based on true events during WW2, they started a womens league. It’s very good with an incredible cast

it brings out the tears when I see the father. The actor just came from his dad's funeral to be in that scene. And you can see it in his eyes.

Sandlot and Field of Dreams aren't really going to teach you anything about the game itself, just a little bit of history. To learn about the game more and enjoy a love story you should watch Kevin Costner in For Love Of The Game.

movie is about believing...Ray believes and builds a field and shoeless joe shows up... then he gets terry to believe and archie appears and says his only regret is never hitting off a big league pitcher and ray and terry believe and make that happen (note - while he did hit against a big league pitcher - he hit a sacrifice fly to score a run and thus never got an official at bat = he was able to fulfull his wish w/o altering anything)then ray got his wish to have a catch with his dad.. even the kid's belief that people will come came true... but the biggest.. the most giant belief was Rays wife's belief in him - that's what made it all possible. I consider Annie the star of this story and the movie as a whole as a manual for how to be a supportive wife

I highly suggest watching The Natural (1984) starring Robert Redford. One of the best baseball and lighthearted movies ever, I can say it had the best ending EVER!

There are Australian baseball leagues just like some ice hockey and American football leagues too. All three have Australians playing in America. I forgot basketball too.

Mary I know you don't know a lot of baseball but there is a great movie about Shoeless Joe Jackson and the White Sox called Eight Men Out you should watch 😊

Maybe it's an American thing but most men weep at the end of this movie and a lot of women outright bawl. There is a RU-vid video of the different reactors watching the end of this movie.

For me, this is a movie about fathers and sons. That can be a tough relationship for both. I've never made through the ending without crying, and I've seen it many, many times.

The thing that modern audiences don't get with 80s movies is that, those of us who grew up with those movies, just accepted that the movie will "movie" no matter how fantastical… and our enjoyment was all the better for it.