Walter Matthau is a cantankerous, beer-guzzling former minor-league pitcher roped into coaching a little league team of misfits in this...
Walter Matthau is a cantankerous, beer-guzzling former minor-league pitcher roped into coaching a little league team of misfits in this ruthless comedy. The Bad News Bears was a surprise critical and commercial hit, with critic Roger Ebert calling it "an unblinking, scathing look at competition in American society".
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97 %35 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %40,483 reviewsAudience score rating
"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."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Ritchie keeps the sentimentality in check most of the time, and obtains first-rate performances from his miniature cast all of the time."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A film was released that got everything beautifully, hilariously and even painfully right."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"Extremely funny..."
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Variety
Variety"Intended as a comedy, and there are, to be sure, a lot of laughs in it. But it's something more, something deeper, than what it first appears to be."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Isn’t it great when a piece of classical music gets forever redefined by a movie about a bunch of foul mouthed brats?"
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Film Threat
Film ThreatThe Bad News Bears (1976) | Details
- Runtime
- 102
- Genre
- Comedy, Sport
- Country of origin
- USA
