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Bad News Bears

2005, Movie, PG-13, 111 mins

Bad News Bears: Review

The world probably didn't need a Bad News Bears remake, but for all its unoriginality, Richard Linklater's reworking of the beloved 1976 comedy still stands head-and-shoulders above third- and fourth-generation knockoffs like Rebound and Kicking and Screaming (both of which opened shortly before Bears), in which all traces of skepticism about American sports worship and its hypocritical pieties have been replaced by mushy, feel-good cliches. Bill Bob Thornton takes over for Walter Matthau as a drunken exterminator so broke he's willing to take on coaching the Bears, a pathetic excuse for a Little League team. Read the complete review for Bad News Bears

Bad News Bears: Cast & Details

Year: 2005
Rated PG-13

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Billy Bob Thornton: Morris Buttermaker
Greg Kinnear: Ray Bullock
Marcia Gay Harden: Liz Whitewood
Sammi Kane Kraft: Amanda Whurlitzer
Ridge Canipe: Toby Whitewood
Brandon Craggs: Mike Engelberg

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Bad News Bears: TV Guide News

RERUN AT THE MULTIPLEX | Today's News: Our Take | 7/25/2005
For the second week in a row, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Wedding Crashers were the Nos. 1 and 2 movies at the box office (Charlie took in an additional $28.3 million; Crashers, another $26.2). That was bad news indeed for Bad News Bears and the week's other new releases. Bears scored only $11.5 million for a fifth-place finish, The Island, with a sadly nonsinging Ewan McGregor, made $12.1 million to settle in fourth, and Rob Zombie's horror sequel, The Devil's Rejects, scared up $7 million to land at No. 8. The ind read more

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