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65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critics What's this?

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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

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  • Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden
  • Summary: Grizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker (Thornton) is recruited by a strait-laced lawyer (Harden) to coach the Bears, a woefully inept Little League team. He's got to find a way to drive this gang of 12 misfits to a championship against their hated rivals: the Yankees and their overbearing coach (Kinnear). From the director that brought you "School of Rock" working with the writing team behind "Bad Santa" comes a hilarious 2005 homage to an irreverent 1976 comedy: "Bad News Bears." (Paramount Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 35
  3. Negative: 1 out of 35
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    New-era losers (the cast is a cheery scrum of relaxed kids, led by genuine whiz pitcher Sammi Kane Kraft in the role created by Tatum O'Neal) now include a rotten kid in a wheelchair.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Merely a passably amusing excuse to pass a couple of hours in an air-conditioned theater.
  3. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    The year's least necessary and most unimaginative remake slogs half-heartedly to its pre-destined conclusion without making a ripple.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. David
    10
    The Baltimore Sun needs a lobotomy if it continues to retain Michael Scragow as its professional reviewer for films. This guy has never been right yet. He gave Gone With The Wind a score of 40 but loved Benifer and Madonna in their forgotten duds...Whatever he says it is the other way around. Mark my words in that Bears will now be a box office smash. Earth to MS: We want Billy Bob Thonton to play a similar character as he did in Bad Santa. That is his schtick and the appeal. Too funny.… Expand
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  2. ScottH
    5
    Fairly entertaining, but the the girl is quite annoying, and none of the kids seem their age in looks or behavior.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. GrantN.
    3
    I never thought that Richard Linklater would stoop to these levels. School of Rock was a main-stream comedy but a great one that avoided most comedy cliches. Bad News Bears does not. Billy Bob Thorton is good as the coach but the audience will have nothing but contempt for him. A large step down from both Linklaters last and Thortons last.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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