The Bad News Bears
A classic comedy about growing up!
A classic comedy about growing up!
Comedy, Family
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1976
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An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
1 Jan 1976
Country:
US
Languages:
Spanish, English
Budget:
$35,000,000
Revenue:
$35,323,292
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award1 win & 1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Surprisingly, improbably, The Bad News Bears is the year's funniest movie.
– Jay Cocks,
TIME Magazine,
3 Aug 2008
fresh:
Michael Ritchie keeps his dead-end cynicism in check and produces a genuinely funny comedy about a Little League team managed by a lovably drunken Walter Matthau.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
14 Mar 2007
fresh:
An extremely funny adult-child comedy film.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
14 Mar 2007
fresh:
[Ritchie] keeps the sentimentality in check most of the time and obtains first-rate performers from his miniature cast all of the time.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
[Ritchie] directs scenes for comedy even in the face of his disturbing material and that makes the movie all the more effective; sometimes we laugh, and sometimes we can't, and the movie's working best when we're silent.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004