The Bad News Bears (2005)

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A washed-up ballplayer is put in charge of a pack of kids scarcely more mature than himself in this remake of the 1976 comedy hit. Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton) is a former major league baseball player whose career and life has hit the skids thanks to his overwhelming fondness for booze and women. Needing a break, his lawyer (Marcia Gay Harden) arranges for Buttermaker to take on coaching responsibilities for the Bears, a Little League baseball team comprised of a handful of hapless losers. As Buttermaker tries to groom his young charges into a winning team, he also gives them a glimpse of his hard-living lifestyle while they gear up to take on perennial rivals the Yankees and their arrogant Coach Bullock (Greg Kinnear. The 2005 version of The Bad News Bears was written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who previously scripted another Billy Bob Thornton vehicle, Bad Santa. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

113 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Richard Linklater

Writer(s):

Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Richard Linklater

Producer(s):

Geyer Kosinski, Richard Linklater, J. Geyer Kosinski

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

PG13(Sexual Situations, Adult Humor, Scatological Humor, Alcohol Consumption, Profanity, Adult Situations)

Categories:

Comedy

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