Bad News Bears

2005 113 min ★ 5.8 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.

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Cast

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

Details

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

Reviews

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Kamurai

September 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 kid...

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Andre Gonzales

April 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.