Reception
Having earned S$110,300 from sneak previews, Homerun made S$610,400 over the National Day weekend, achieving the most successful opening weekend for a local film. It rose to the top of the local box office, beating American blockbusters such as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In total, the film grossed more than S$2.3 million over nine weeks of screenings, the second longest box office run for the year.
Critical reception of Homerun was mixed. Sanjuro of LoveHKFilm.com wrote that the film "succeeds in delivering a relatively simple, intimate story that should prove moving for even the most jaded audience", while Nick England of the San Diego Asian Film Foundation described Homerun as "a film with certain beauteous qualities that we can genuinely enjoy, but end up choking on when it is all over with". In contrast, FilmsAsia reviewer Soh Yun-Huei panned its use of political satire, which she felt " the film to be devoid of innocence and replaced with a sense of agenda and manipulation".
The film won several awards, including the Grand Prix Prize at the 2003 Golden Swan Awards, the Golden Butterfly Prize for Best Direction at the Isfahan International Children's Film Festival, and a trio (Best Director, Best Newcomer, and People's Choice Award) at the Montreal Film Festival. It also received two nominations at the 2003 Golden Horse Awards, for Best Theme Song (拥有) and Best New Performer. Megan Zheng, then 10 years old, became the first Singaporean to win a Golden Horse Award, sharing her Best New Performer award with Wang Baoqiang of Blind Shaft.
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