Bad News Bears
Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.
2005 | 113m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Richard Linklater |
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| Writer: | Bill Lancaster, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 22, 2005 |
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| Director: | Richard Linklater |
| Writer: | Bill Lancaster, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | baseball, sports, little league, kids' sports team |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Media Talent Group, Detour Filmproduction |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $34,252,847
Budget: $30,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Carter Jenkins | Joey Bullock |
| Seth Adkins | Jimmy |
| Chase Winton | Ms. Cleveland |
| Arabella Holzbog | Shari Bullock |
| Nectar Rose | Paradise |
| Lisa Arturo | Peaches |
| Lizz Carter | Chandalier |
| Monique Cooper | Lolita |
| Candace Kita | China |
| Kate Luyben | Daisy |
| Shamron Moore | Cherry Pie |
| Jeffrey Hutchinson | Baseball Official |
| Sonya Eddy | Saleslady |
| Karen-Eileen Gordon | Saleslady |
| Maura Vincent | Shopper |
| Jennifer Carta | Softball Player Suzy |
| Dennis LaValle | Deaver Dad |
| Robert Peters | Yankee Dad |
| Kevin R. Kelly | Yankee Dad |
| Shannon O'Hurley | All American Mom |
| Hunter Cole | All American Boy |
| Wil Myer | All American Boy |
| Pancho Moler | Kevin |
| Jack Acampora | Yankee Player |
| Bretton Blayde | Yankee Player |
| Ryan Cruz | Yankee Player |
| Nick Lovullo | Yankee Player |
| Richard Martinez | Yankee Player |
| Payton Milone | Yankee Player |
| Ernesto Junior Prado | Yankee Player |
| Kirby James Shaw | Yankee Player |
| Cody Ray Thompson | Yankee Player |
| Hayden Tsutsui | Yankee Player |
| Matthew Walker | Yankee Player |
| Darin Rossi | Umpire |
| Gary Rodriguez | Umpire |
| Scott Adsit | Umpire |
| Kevin Makely | Umpire |
| Robert Wagner | Umpire |
| Ken Medlock | Umpire |
| Josh Goldfield | Umpire |
| Mike Paciorek | Umpire |
| Jeff Conrad | State Band Member |
| Sam Farrar | State Band Member |
| Alex Greenwald | State Band Member |
| Darren Robinson | State Band Member |
| Shane Ryan-Reid | Concert Goer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bill Lancaster | Screenplay |
| Glenn Ficarra | Screenplay |
| John Requa | Screenplay |
| Sandra Adair | Editor |
| Janeen Schreyer | Makeup Department Head |
| Karen Patch | Costume Design |
| Deborah Ann Piper | Hair Department Head |
| Richard Linklater | Director |
| Edward Shearmur | Original Music Composer |
| Bruce Curtis | Production Design |
| Rogier Stoffers | Director of Photography |
| Allan Graf | Stunts |
| Zack Duhame | Stunts |
| Sean Happy | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Geyer Kosinski | Producer |
| Richard Linklater | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 42 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 13 |
| 2024 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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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.
Good movie. Billy Bob Thornton doing what he does best being an a-hole. More coaches need to be like this guy lol. ...