Bad News Bears (2005)
Storyline
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.
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83
Entertainment Weekly
New-era losers (the cast is a cheery scrum of relaxed kids, led by genuine whiz pitcher Sammi Kane Kraft in the role created by Tatum O'Neal) now include a rotten kid in a wheelchair.
80
Variety
The new Bad News Bears has adopted a somewhat raunchier tone but delivers enough laughs to go the distance.
80
The A.V. Club
Does nothing to justify its own existence other than be consistently funny from start to finish.
80
L.A. Weekly
There may be no other actor (Thornton)working today (or as frequently) who is this good each and every time out.
75
Chicago Tribune
The new Bad News Bears may not make you cheer, but it should provide laughs and a good time. Isn't that what some movies are all about?
