Starring Jake T. Austin, Rob Reiner, William H. Macy, Raven-Symoné and Whoopi Goldberg, the film was produced by IDT Entertainment in Toronto with portions outsourced to Reel FX Creative Studios and was distributed domestically by 20th Century Fox.

After being wrongly blamed for the crime and being sent to his room by his father, Yankee learns that the real thief is Chicago Cubs pitcher Lefty Maginnis.

Darlin' also has the ability to talk and urges Yankee to take her back to Babe Ruth in Chicago, where the next World Series game will be played.

Lefty makes his last attempt to tag him out, but Yankee manages to outsmart him by jumping over him (as payback for getting both him and his father in trouble) and landing on home plate, scoring a run.

[citation needed] In its opening weekend, the film grossed $6.1 million in 2,896 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #3 at the box office, behind Gridiron Gang and The Black Dahlia.

The website's consensus reads: "Everyone's Hero is such a predictable and bland tale that it'll appeal mostly to little kids; others seeking something in Pixar's league are looking in the wrong ballpark.

[10] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on a scale of A+ to F.[11] Jack Matthews of the New York Daily News wrote, "Whoever wanders into the theater should leave a winner.

[13] Gregory Kirschling of Entertainment Weekly rated it "B−", and wrote, "Everyone's Hero re-creates Depression-era America with surprisingly agreeable anachronistic panache", although he criticized the character designs.

[18] The anachronisms, such as its out-of-time slang, pop-song-dominated soundtrack, and use of an African-American-voiced talking bat, were also panned,[17][19] with Gonzalez calling the Great Depression setting "nonexistent".

Variety reviewer Joe Leydon honored Everyone's Hero as a "modestly engaging mix of broad comedy and nostalgic fable", picaresque plot and the inclusion of a Negro league player.

"[20] Seattle Post-Intelligencer writer Manny Lewis concluded, "The film certainly will appeal to kids; with its beating-the-odds theme and its dramatic finale involving a crucial at-bat in the World Series, it is reminiscent of a boyhood daydream.

"[21] Orlando Sentinel film critic Roger Moore concluded, "The kids will laugh and there's enough heart in Everyone's Hero to bring it over the plate -- barely.

"[19] MaryAnn Johanson at MTV News similarly spotlighted the "sweet gentleness" and "can-do-it-iveness" that made its otherwise typical children's film plot stand out.

[20] Lewis found Screwie and Darlin's visual gags "stale" but praised those of Lefty, reasoning that "his flailing limbs giving him a clumsy grace far more entertaining to watch than either the ball or the bat".

The soundtrack, released on the Columbia Records and Sony Music Soundtrax labels, features tracks by the star of the film Raven-Symoné, Grammy-winners Wyclef Jean, Brooks & Dunn, Mary Chapin Carpenter and various other artists.