Decent 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 you should have had before watching a movie that would unexpectedly prompt them), but I think it's a movie that the whole family could actually watch. It's not great, but it was fun.
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.
Quick Stats
5.8
TMDB Rating
297
Votes
1h 53m
Runtime
$30.0M
Budget
$34.3M
Box Office
114%
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Key Crew
DirectorRichard Linklater
WriterBill Lancaster
CinematographyRogier Stoffers
ComposerEdward Shearmur
EditorSandra Adair
Production DesignBruce Curtis
Produced by
Media Talent GroupDetour FilmproductionParamount Pictures
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Critics & Reviews
2 featuredGood movie. Billy Bob Thornton doing what he does best being an a-hole. More coaches need to be like this guy lol.
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Morris Buttermaker
Greg Kinnear
Roy Bullock
Marcia Gay Harden
Liz Whitewood
Sammi Kane Kraft
Amanda Whurlitzer
Ridge Canipe
Toby Whitewood
Brandon Craggs
Mike Engelberg
Jeffrey Davies
Kelly Leak
Timmy Deters
Tanner Boyle
Carlos Estrada
Miguel Agilar
Emmanuel Estrada
Jose Agilar
Troy Gentile
Matthew Hooper
Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris
Ahmad Abdul Rahim
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Aman Johal
Prem Lahiri
Tyler Patrick Jones
Timmy Lupus
Jeffrey Tedmori
Garo Daragabrigadien
