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  • Bad News Bears
  • Opened July 22, 2005 | Runtime:1 hr 53 min
  • PG-13
    rude behavior, language throughout, some sexuality and thematic elements
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. Read More
  • A former minor league baseball coach with a bad attitude and a penchant for alcohol takes a job as an exterminator after he is fired for attacking an umpire. When attorney Liz Whitewood lures him into coaching a kids team, he has no idea the team is Read More
  • Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden
  • Director: Richard Linklater
  • Genres: Comedy

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Bad News Bears Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    phenomanal!!!

    by moviekid2000


    this bad news bears was twenty times better then the first one and definetly a lot more. This would be in my top ten for favorite comedys of all time. You must see it because I said so!!!!

  • Go

    funny movie

    by

    this is a very funny movie for all baseball fans out there. it has very good material in it with billy bob thortan and the kids in it are so innapropriat but very funny at the same time. so overall i give it a 8/10 which is a B in my ratings.

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Bad News Bears Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 65 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    New-era losers (the cast is a cheery scrum of relaxed kids, led by genuine whiz...

  • 80
    Variety | Brian Lowry

    The new Bad News Bears has adopted a somewhat raunchier tone but delivers...

  • 80
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    Matthau was merely worthless, while Thornton, God bless his soul, rises to the...

  • 80
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Filled with small, cute kids and large, goofy laughs and buoyed by fine...

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