Fresh
The best reason to see Richard Linklater's wholly unnecessary but highly enjoyable remake of The Bad News Bears is Billy Bob Thornton, who's doing a PG-13 version of his Bad Santa.
David Edelstein, Slate
Bad News Bears
Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.
2005 · 1h 53m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Richard Linklater
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Richard Linklater Director
- Billy Bob Thornton as Morris Buttermaker
- Ken Medlock as Umpire
- Greg Kinnear as Roy Bullock
- Aman Johal as Prem Lahiri
- Marcia Gay Harden as Liz Whitewood
- Sammi Kane Kraft as Amanda Whurlitzer
- Ridge Canipe as Toby Whitewood
- Brandon Craggs Cast
- Jeffrey Davies Cast
- Timmy Deters Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
Fortunately almost everyone acquits himself coolly and admirably.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Billy Bob Thornton has proven he can do pretty much anything, but he simply does not look haggard, washed-up or miserable enough to be a believable Morris Buttermaker, the role Walter Matthau immortalized.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Fresh
There are many lingerings over communal feelings other directors might pass through more quickly to get to the next giggle or guffaw more efficiently.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
Billy Bob Thornton is the best weapon against cute that a kid baseball movie ever had.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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