Bad News Bears

Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.

5.8
20051h 53m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Morris Buttermaker

Photo of Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear

Roy Bullock

Photo of Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Liz Whitewood

Photo of Sammi Kane Kraft

Sammi Kane Kraft

Amanda Whurlitzer

Photo of Ridge Canipe

Ridge Canipe

Toby Whitewood

Photo of Brandon Craggs

Brandon Craggs

Mike Engelberg

Photo of Jeffrey Davies

Jeffrey Davies

Kelly Leak

Photo of Timmy Deters

Timmy Deters

Tanner Boyle

Photo of Carlos Estrada

Carlos Estrada

Miguel Agilar

Photo of Emmanuel Estrada

Emmanuel Estrada

Jose Agilar

Photo of Troy Gentile

Troy Gentile

Matthew Hooper

Photo of Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris

Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris

Ahmad Abdul Rahim

Photo of Jeffrey Tedmori

Jeffrey Tedmori

Garo Daragabrigadien

Photo of Carter Jenkins

Carter Jenkins

Joey Bullock

Photo of Chase Winton

Chase Winton

Ms. Cleveland

Photo of Arabella Holzbog

Arabella Holzbog

Shari Bullock

Photo of Nectar Rose

Nectar Rose

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Reviews

K

Kamurai

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.

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Andre Gonzales

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.

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