Christopher Reeve's Last Film, Everyone's Hero: A Movie About Dreams

Whenever a new animated or computer generated movie comes out, my grandson is the first one on the phone to make sure that Nana and Papa intend to take him. It's one of the little rituals that we absolutely love. However, we missed this when it came out on the big screen. As soon as my grandson saw that it was going to DVD, I got the call with a tiny little voice pleading "Nana, can we get it, PLEASE! Of course, I picked it up its first day out, and we made a date to watch it the same evening.

"Everyone's Hero" is a really cute movie. It's not a "Shrek" cute, but it is a fun film to watch. The movie centers around a little 10-year-old boy named Yankee Irving (voiced by Jake T. Austin). He seems destined to be a New York Yankee fan with his name and the fact that his father works for the Yankees.

Yankee's hero is, of course, the bigger than life Babe Ruth (voiced by Brian Dennehy). He dreams of being a home run hero just like the Babe. However, there is a small problem. He can't actually hit the ball; or throw the ball; or even catch the ball. Consequently, he has a terrible time getting chosen to play baseball even with the neighborhood kids.

After a particularly frustrating day trying to prove his worth as a ball player, Yankee finds an old baseball on the sandlot, hidden under an old car. He, of course, picks it up and takes it home but he can't believe his ears or his eyes when the ball - - named Screwy (voiced by Rob Reiner) - - starts talking to him.

Screwy, too, has a sad baseball story. It seems that although he made it to the major leagues and was chosen to be pitched, he immediately fouled out and landed under the old car where Yankee found him; destined to just rot away.

Even though the two new friends think they are as done with baseball as it is with them, they find out quickly that isn't the case. When Yankee discovers that Babe's Ruth bat, Darlin' (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg) is missing, he figures out who took it. Since his dad gets fired because the bat was stolen during his shift at the stadium, Yankee decides it is up to him to find and bring Darlin' back to Babe.