SummaryGrizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker (Thornton) is recruited by a strait-laced lawyer (Harden) to coach the Bears, a woefully inept Little League team. He's got to find a way to drive this gang of 12 misfits to a championship against their hated rivals: the Yankees and their overbearing coach (Kinnear). From the directo... Read More
Directed By:Richard Linklater
Written By:Bill Lancaster, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Bad News Bears
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Generally Favorable
65
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
66% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
31% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
3% Negative
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83
New-era losers (the cast is a cheery scrum of relaxed kids, led by genuine whiz pitcher Sammi Kane Kraft in the role created by Tatum O'Neal) now include a rotten kid in a wheelchair.
80
There may be no other actor (Thornton)working today (or as frequently) who is this good each and every time out.
User score
Generally Favorable
52% Positive
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
34% Mixed
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14% Negative
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6 Ratings
Mar 4, 2021
10
This is a great film. This is a great film. This is a great film. This is a great film.
Jun 26, 2020
8
Good film, Thornton is hilarious as the Grizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker. Having never seen the original so I can't really compare, I'd say even then this film does it just fairly well.
75
The movie is like a merger of his ugly drunk in "Bad Santa" and his football coach in "Friday Night Lights," yet Thornton doesn't recycle from either movie; he modulates the manic anger of the Santa and the intensity of the coach and produces a morose loser who we like better than he likes himself.
70
Many moments of laugh-out-loud comedy. But somehow those moments never add up to a fully satisfying viewing experience.
50
Hardly the kids'-sports movie we need, but maybe it's as much as we can handle.
50
For all the updated riffs and personal noodling, it's best when it doesn't stray too far from the original material.
38
The year's least necessary and most unimaginative remake slogs half-heartedly to its pre-destined conclusion without making a ripple.
Oct 5, 2019
8
Now this was a great remake & Billy Bob was the perfect person to play Buttermaker. I was cracking up almost the whole time, & those kids had me rolling. My major gripe is that there was never a sequel.
Dec 9, 2022
7
Good movie. Billy Bob Thornton doing what he does best being an a-hole. More coaches need to be like this guy lol.
Sep 24, 2013
6
Bad News Bears is mildly entertaining, at best. It is definitely not Linklater's best film, and probably his worst. But, Linklater's worst, is any average director' best.
Apr 18, 2022
5
This movie is not even half good as the original. It is one of those remakes that no one needs to. Linklater extraordinary filmography doesn't need this "not good and not bad" completely unoriginal piece of work.
Jan 17, 2021
0
This really is Bad News Bears! A horrible poor taste **** remake of a classic. The critics who gave this anything other than a low score are clearly getting paid to review.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- Media Talent Group
- Detour Filmproduction
Release Date:Jul 22, 2005
Duration:1 h 53 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Disorganized. Disrespected. Dis summer.
Awards
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 2 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
