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.
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Billy Bob Thornton
Morris Buttermaker
Greg Kinnear
Roy Bullock
Marcia Gay Harden
Liz Whitewood
Sammi Kane Kraft
Amanda Whurlitzer
Ridge Canipe
Toby Whitewood
Brandon Craggs
Mike Engelberg
Jeffrey Davies
Kelly Leak
Timmy Deters
Tanner Boyle
Carlos Estrada
Miguel Agilar
Emmanuel Estrada
Jose Agilar
Director
Richard Linklater
Screenplay
Bill Lancaster
Tagline
"Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$30,000,000
Revenue
$34,252,847
Production
Media Talent Group, Detour Filmproduction, Paramount Pictures
Kamurai
September 22, 2020
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 kid...
Andre Gonzales
April 25, 2023
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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