Bad News Bears

Bad News Bears

5.8IMDb Score
Released:2005-07-22
Genre:Comedy
Duration:113 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Richard Linklater
Actors:Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft, Ridge Canipe
Production:Media Talent Group, Detour Filmproduction, Paramount Pictures

Overview:

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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