Bad News Bears

Name: Bad News Bears
Genre: Sport, Comedy, Family
Released: July 22, 2005
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 22, 2005 | PG-13

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 theGrizzled 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

Director: Richard Linklater

Genre(s): Sport, Comedy, Family

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 113 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

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. Read full review

David Edelstein

Wholly unnecessary but highly enjoyable. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Filled with small, cute kids and large, goofy laughs and buoyed by fine supporting work from Greg Kinnear and Marcia Gay Harden, the director's latest effort won't rock your movie world, but the fact that he manages to keep the freak flag flying in the face of our culture of triumphalism is a thing of beauty. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Fortunately almost everyone acquits himself coolly and admirably; only costars Greg Kinnear and Marcia Gay Harden ham it up. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

It falls short of the original but surpasses its sequels. Read full review

Mike Clark

The material is so solid and Thornton so tailor-made that the movie almost gets by. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

The year's least necessary and most unimaginative remake slogs half-heartedly to its pre-destined conclusion without making a ripple. Read full review

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freeridearts

Mar 4, 2021

This is a great film. This is a great film. This is a great film. This is a great film.

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David

Jul 23, 2005

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 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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bfoore90

Jun 26, 2020

Good film, Thornton is hilarious as the Grizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker. Having never seen the original so I can't really compare, I'd say even then this film does it just fairly well.

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DanC.

Dec 18, 2005

The original is simply better. Thorton is quite good (as expected), but someone of the caliber of Tatum O'Neil is sorely missing as Amanda. The kids and the context seemed so much more real in the original movie. Here, they're a pretty bland bunch, except for Tanner (who hits all The original is simply better. Thorton is quite good (as expected), but someone of the caliber of Tatum O'Neil is sorely missing as Amanda. The kids and the context seemed so much more real in the original movie. Here, they're a pretty bland bunch, except for Tanner (who hits all the right notes) and the new Ogilvie, now an Indian-American whiz kid with the same awkward intellectual charm. Worth seeing, but the original is much more worth seeking out.… Expand

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MovieGuys

Sep 24, 2013

Bad News Bears is mildly entertaining, at best. It is definitely not Linklater's best film, and probably his worst. But, Linklater's worst, is any average director' best.

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ScottH

Jan 4, 2006

Fairly entertaining, but the the girl is quite annoying, and none of the kids seem their age in looks or behavior.

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spongeee

Dec 18, 2005

Dont remake a classic!

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