5.8
Ladies' Day
1943
“Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.”
Bad News Bears (2005)
July 22, 20051h 53mEN
5.8
282 votes
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
Richard LinklaterWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Rent
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Budget
$30.0M
Revenue
$34.3M
Production Companies
Media Talent GroupDetour FilmproductionParamount Pictures
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User Reviews
Kamurai
6.0Decent 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…
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Andre Gonzales
7.0Good movie. Billy Bob Thornton doing what he does best being an a-hole. More coaches need to be like this guy lol.