The Hill Movie Review & Giveaway

Many thanks to Briarcliff Entertainment, LLC for providing a sample of the product for this review. My opinions are 100% my own.

With the fall season quickly approaching, and with many kiddos entering, and reentering the halls of academia, there’s never been a better time to head to the theaters and watch a new film. Especially, when it involves hard work, grit, baseball, and even apple pie. Making the upcoming film, The Hill, directed by Jeff Celentano, produced by Warren Ostergard and Jeff Celentano, and starring Dennis Quaid, Colin Ford, Joelle Carter, Randy Houser, Bonnie Bedelia, and Scott Glenn ideal for kiddos of all ages. Now, you may be asking, is this film appropriate for your kiddos? I recently had the opportunity to review the movie before it is out in theaters this season, on August 25, 2023.

The Hill is based on the true story of Rickey Hill, a pastor who despite facing great personal struggles, played in Major League Baseball, despite growing up wearing restrictive, cumbersome leg braces. While facing down his greatest obstacle, his father, who greatly desired his need for his son to take on a community pastoral position, over popularized league sports, including baseball.

Despite his initial personal struggles, and Rickey’s dad’s earnest desire to see his only son become a man of God, his son eagerly wanted to find his vocation on the dugout mound. Turning his father, slowly, and deliberately, by way of his hard work and dedication, into not only his most ardent supporter but as a man truly grateful to God for his son’s earnest athletic endeavors. A life of his own making-where God, and playing ball, can coexist hand-in-hand.

Head down to the end of this post for your chance to enter to win a ticket to see this film yourself!

Is The Hill Movie Great for Families?

This true-life story of Ricky Hill’s improbable journey to play Major League Baseball opens in theaters on August 25, 2023. Making this PG-rated film, despite its sometimes course language and parental guidance rating, perfect for audiences of all persuasions. A great Christian-themed film about perseverance, faith, and following your dreams- the possibility that all things, truly are, and without end, are tenable through God.

Plus, there are several amazing themes sprinkled throughout the film. Making the piece great as a conversation starter for families of all persuasions. Especially with fairness and dreams being frequent discussions around schooltime dinner tables. Making this film a morality booster for children of various age groups.

With this film being only 2 hours in length, kiddos of all ages will easily be able to digest its positive messaging, great scenery, and constructive dialogue seen throughout the film-this film is sure to keep the interest all season long!

Including teenagers. An hour into the movie, the lead, Rickey, and his teenage girlfriend, are able to discuss various layered plots including teenage relationships with God, educational disparities, as well as how young love can navigate small-town living post-graduation. And while this film is Christian in nature, both believers and nonbelievers can easily and earnestly get behind the film’s true basis-how to facilitate lives where one can truly have it all.

As the film focuses on the varied aspects of Rickey Hill, an American minor league baseball player of the 1970s, both as an outfielder and first baseman, Hill is able to use weave aspects of his childhood and adolescence into a narrative of change, probability, and hope for moviegoers. The film is both aspiration and inspirational throughout its viewing.

Final Thoughts

This film, with Dennis Quaid, as James Hill, Colin Ford, as Rickey Hill, Joelle Carter, as Hellen Hill, and supporting roles from
Jesse Berry as young Rickey Hill, and Scott Glenn as Red Murff, the MLB scout who discovers Rickey, are sure to delight audiences of all ages and religious orientations. Making this film the one to see during the dog days of summer in your area.

Watch the trailer, here. You can also purchase tickets today, here.

Giveaway

And without further fanfare, be sure to enter to win a $10.00 Amazon.com gift card. To enter, leave me a comment below or on social media letting me know why you’d want to see The Hill this film in theaters. Which, of course, you plan to see on August 25, 2023, too! Friends, will you be going to see The Hill? Leave me your thoughts below!