Bad News Bears

2005

Comedy

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.

"Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions."

Rating

5.821
265 votes

Popularity

1.7334

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Media Talent Group,Detour Filmproduction,Paramount Pictures

Runtime

113 min.

Budget (M$)

34.3 / 30ROI 114%

Status

Released

Release: 7/22/2005

Credits

Bad News Bears

Richard LinklaterDirector

Bad News Bears

Billy Bob ThorntonMorris Buttermaker

Bad News Bears

Greg KinnearRoy Bullock

Bad News Bears

Marcia Gay HardenLiz Whitewood

Bad News Bears

Sammi Kane KraftAmanda Whurlitzer

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Reviews

Kamurai

9/22/2020

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.

Andre Gonzales

4/25/2023

7 / 10

Good movie. Billy Bob Thornton doing what he does best being an a-hole. More coaches need to be like this guy lol.

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