Bad News Bears (2005) 6/10

Starring : Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft
Director : Richard Linklater
Running Time : 114 mins

Pest removal worker Morris Butterbaker (Thornton) is asked to take over the local little league team and utilise his past experience as a professional baseball player to turn them from a gang of misfits into a winning baseball team. Unfortunately the team consists of weak armed and argumentative kids who couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with a rock.

Yet another classic comedy gets the remake treatment, and this time the movie is even worse. Granted, it’s nice to see a kids film that isn’t afraid to use harsh language or have kids looking stupid, but even with Thornton playing a role which he seems to have honed over the years (just look at Mr Woodcock) this is nothing special.

You’ll like this if you liked : Ernest Goes To Camp