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Writer (WGA):
Curtis Burch (written by)
Release Date:
27 March 1992 (USA)
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Getting respect is one big goal! more
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To climb the corporate ladder to success, a guy agrees to coach the company's all girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son. full summary | add synopsis
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3 nominations
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Sr Pick: Our Favorite Guilty Pleasure Movies
(From Screen Rant. 11 August 2009, 7:28 AM, PDT)
Death of Jonathan Brandis Ruled As Suicide
(From WENN. 26 November 2003)
(From Screen Rant. 11 August 2009, 7:28 AM, PDT)
Death of Jonathan Brandis Ruled As Suicide
(From WENN. 26 November 2003)
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Brandis and Dangerfield made a funny team
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rodney Dangerfield | ... | Chester Lee |
 | Jackée Harry | ... | Julie Benson (as Jackée) |
| Jonathan Brandis | ... | Matthew / Martha |
 | Ilene Graff | ... | Bess |
 | Vinessa Shaw | ... | Kimberly Mullen |
 | Tom Parks | ... | Dave Mullen |
| Jeannetta Arnette | ... | Glynnis Mullen |
| Crystal Cooke | ... | Nancy Larimer (as LaCrystal Cooke) |
| Jennifer Frances Lee | ... | Carmelita Chu |
| Vanessa Monique Rossel | ... | Tina Velez |
| Johna Stewart-Bowden | ... | Sally Anne Welfelt (as Johna Stewart) |
| Jandi Swanson | ... | Penny Pester |
| Nancy Parsons | ... | Coach Annie |
| Blake Clark | ... | Coach Bull |
| Tommy Lasorda | ... | Coach Cannoli |
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Continuity: Chester is talking to Matthew from the van and Matthew is holding a football. A teacher asks Matthew if he is all right and we see Matthew holding his backpack and not the football. Earlier, Matthew left his backpack with his friend, who threw him the football.
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Matthew:
We get along great, we laugh together, we like the same music, the same sports, we get along just great.
Soda Shop Counterman: Then what's the problem?
Matthew: She don't know I'm a boy.
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Soda Shop Counterman: Then what's the problem?
Matthew: She don't know I'm a boy.
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If I Can't Sell It, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down On It
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I did not think I would like this movie because I had never liked Jonathan Brandis. After I saw Ladybugs, I had a new appreciation for him as a very natural person and an excellent actor. Brandis really made this movie work. Instead of trying to ham it up and go over the top, Brandis plays it real. Like if some old man (Dangerfield) asked you to do one silly thing, and then it takes off from there. Brandis made the silly story seem plausible. Thanks to Branids being a great straight-man, it made Rodney Dangerfield's one-liners and antics very funny. Sadly Brandis died in 2004 (suicide?). After seeing Ladybugs I checked out some of Brandis' other work (IT! and Seaquest) and I liked it a lot more.
Rodney Dangerfield always made any movie a lot better than the writing was. In Ladybugs he was probably too old for the role as the first-time coach of a kid's soccer team, but in spite of the weird story Dangerfield delivers some great lines and funny moments. I laughed a lot watching this movie. The supporting cast is pretty good. The guy who plays Dangerfield's boss is a bit too annoying, but he was supposed to be the bad guy, after all.
Overall, I highly recommend this movie. Not only is it funny, but it is a fun movie to watch with family and/or children. At the bottom of all the humor there is a very positive message about family and love.