Bad News Bears

"Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions."

2005 1h 53m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 304

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Synopsis

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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.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Bill Lancaster, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Linklater, shot by Rogier Stoffers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Edward Shearmur. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sandra Adair shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear and Marcia Gay Harden carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0408524 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Richard Linklater directs. Rogier Stoffers behind the camera. Edward Shearmur scores. Sandra Adair cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

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1Released 21 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
3Directed by Richard Linklater, shot by Rogier Stoffers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Edward Shearmur. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Sandra Adair shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear and Marcia Gay Harden carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.".
8IMDB entry: tt0408524 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rogier Stoffers
Original score: Edward Shearmur
Editing: Sandra Adair
Production design: Bruce Curtis
Costume design: Karen Patch
Makeup / hair: Janeen Schreyer
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $34,252,847
Return: 114% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Bad News Bears (2005)

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Kamurai2020-09-22
★ 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 Gonzales2023-04-25
★ 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.