Ladybugs (1992)

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.

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writer:

Curtis Burch

Stars:

Rodney Dangerfield, Jackée Harry, Jonathan Brandis

3 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

Chester Lee must take on the coaching duties of his company's employee daughters soccer team in order to impress his boss. Desperate for success, he enlists the aid of a "ringer", his fiancées son! Wackiness ensues.

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Plot Keywords:

soccer | girls' soccer | stepfather stepson relationship | boy dressed as a girl | sports team | 

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Taglines:

Getting respect is one big goal!

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sex related dialogue

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 March 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Futebol Só para Mulheres

Filming Locations:

Denver, Colorado, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$14,796,494 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ladybugs, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

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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Quotes

Julie: You know anything about soccer?
Chester: Not much, all I know is I got a lotta balls!

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Connections

References Psycho (1960)

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Soundtracks

"A Groove Relation"
Written by Luther Jordan
Courtesy of Capitol Production Music / Ole Georg

User Reviews

Brandis and Dangerfield made a funny team

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.