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Bad News Bears

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5.9/10 • 257

2005-07-221h 53m

Comedy

Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.

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.

Directors
Richard Linklater
Editors
Sandra Adair

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  1. Billy Bob Thornton

    Billy Bob Thornton

    Morris Buttermaker

  2. Greg Kinnear

    Greg Kinnear

    Roy Bullock

  3. Marcia Gay Harden

    Marcia Gay Harden

    Liz Whitewood

  4. Sammi Kane Kraft

    Sammi Kane Kraft

    Amanda Whurlitzer

  5. Ridge Canipe

    Ridge Canipe

    Toby Whitewood

  6. Brandon Craggs

    Brandon Craggs

    Mike Engelberg

  7. Jeffrey Davies

    Jeffrey Davies

    Kelly Leak

  8. Timmy Deters

    Timmy Deters

    Tanner Boyle

  9. Carlos Estrada

    Carlos Estrada

    Miguel Agilar

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Kamurai

Sep 22, 2020

6/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$30,000,000.00
Revenue
$34,252,847.00
Keywords
sportsbaseballlittle leaguekids’ sports team