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Release Date:
22 July 2005 (USA) moreTagline:
Disorganized. Disrespected. Dis summer. morePlot:
A grizzled little league coach (Thornton) tries to turn his team of misfits into champs. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(42 articles)
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Rock 'n roll update--not all that different, but dispiriting... moreUS TV Schedule:
| Sun. July 12 | 9:20 AM | TBS | |||
| Mon. July 13 | 2:00 AM | TBS |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | |
| Troy Gentile | ... | Matthew Hooper | |
| Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris | ... | Ahmad Abdul Rahim | |
| Aman Johal | ... | Prem Lahiri | |
| Tyler Patrick Jones | ... | Timmy Lupus | |
| Jeffrey Tedmori | ... | Garo Daragabrigadien |
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Rated PG-13 for rude behavior, language throughout, some sexuality and thematic elements.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
113 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Netherlands:MG6 | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:13 | Brazil:16 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41880) | Finland:K-7 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 | Australia:M | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:12A | Ireland:12AFilming Locations:
Barone's Famous Italian Restaurant - 13726 Oxnard Street @ Mammoth Avenue - Van Nuys, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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Casting calls for actors with baseball skills were held in: Phoenix, Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago, Dallas, Vancouver, New Orleans, Atlanta and Seattle, Orlando,FL and Washington D.C. moreGoofs:
Continuity: No less than four times does Hooper roll his wheelchair to the left to exit the dugout. Given that there are steps this would make his exit a little tricky. moreQuotes:
Prem Lahiri: Hey Yankees, you can take your crappy trophy's and shove them right up your asses!Tanner Boyle: Nice. See you next year bitches!
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Unskilled, belligerent group of young boys on a losing Little League baseball team get an alcoholic coach who eventually cleans up their act--and his own. Any film-buff well acquainted with the 1976 Michael Ritchie film "The Bad News Bears" will watch this remake in a perpetual state of deprivation. For every new ingredient added (a kid in a wheelchair, Hooters waitresses on the sidelines, a skateband interlude), there's a classic sequence dropped, funny lines omitted, a bracing sense of importance missing, and uncharismatic, non-plussed child actors who walk through their roles colorlessly. Of course, Billy Bob Thornton is a terrific substitute for Walter Matthau, but Matthau didn't carry the original film all by himself, and Thornton isn't fully in-character anyway (he's just breezing through). The whole early morning feel of Southern California Little League is missing, and the urgency of the original is gone, too (those kids had something riding on these games). Director Richard Linklater obviously was fond of the 1976 version, but he knows the notes without hearing the music; he supplies updated comedic touches without seeing the relevancy, and his tone and narrative are doggedly straightforward (except for the strange opening sequence, which immediately gets the picture off on the wrong foot). A sad botch. *1/2 from ****