Bad News Bears

PG-13

7/22/20051h 53m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions. ~

Overview:

Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.

Director:

Richard Linklater

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$30,000,000.00

Revenue:

$34,252,847.00

Key words:

sports
baseball
little league
kids' sports team

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton

~ as ~

Morris Buttermaker

Greg Kinnear

~ as ~

Roy Bullock

Marcia Gay Harden

~ as ~

Liz Whitewood

Sammi Kane Kraft

~ as ~

Amanda Whurlitzer

Ridge Canipe

~ as ~

Toby Whitewood

Brandon Craggs

~ as ~

Mike Engelberg

Jeffrey Davies

~ as ~

Kelly Leak

Timmy Deters

~ as ~

Tanner Boyle

Carlos Estrada

~ as ~

Miguel Agilar

Emmanuel Estrada

~ as ~

Jose Agilar

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Reviews (2)

Kamurai
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can recommend.

I'm not a fan of baseball on any level, but this is a surprisingly charming movie, and Billy Bob Thorton is great with inappropriate humor. After this watch, I'm thinking this is from where "Benchwarmers" might have been inspired.

I think it's more of the "misfits working together" trope that gets me, and you see it in lots of kids sports movies: "Kicking & Screaming", "The Sandlot", "Little Giants", "Mighty Ducks".

This rolls in a lot of adult humor as well, so while you might have to have a few talks with your kids (which you should have had before watching a movie that would unexpectedly prompt them), but I think it's a movie that the whole family could actually watch.

It's not great, but it was fun.
Andre Gonzales
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Good movie. Billy Bob Thornton doing what he does best being an a-hole. More coaches need to be like this guy lol.