It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Bad News Bear: Directed by Richard Linklater and written by Bill Lancaster, Glenn Ficarra and John RequaThis movie is completely pointless. This copy of a movie attempts what the original did but waters everything down to the point where it was lackluster in the worst way. It's not shocking to see kids cuss in a very PG-13 fashion. It's not shocking the juvenile delinquent decides to join the team. It's not shocking for the girl to join up. Too many films have aped from the original that the remake feels been there and done that.We've got Billy Bob Thornton running with his ornery old man routine he perfected with Bad Santa. He rode this train for so long and this was part of it from the very beginning. He seems like he wants to do better and comes to this realization very quickly. His stubborn boorish side doesn't seem natural for this. It's not funny. It was pretty painful to sit through even though ultimately I found more dull than bad. Skip it and watch the original. Richard Linklater is better than this in every way and so is Billy Bob Thornton. I give this movie a D.

I enjoy it a lot with my son, it has the exact combination to make us laugh together, I'd like to see more movies like this, full of mischiefs and many high quality baseball scenes, is one my favorites movies. And doesn't have the typical happy ending of all the movies, I like each of the characters and my son identify strongly with them. The director really know about baseball and was helped by baseball professionals who made the scenes was very real. I like the movie's message about stop pressing the kids on the field and start having fun of this beautiful sport, and giving the chance to play to all kids and let them have his part of the glory, i really love this movie

I saw this movie expecting it to be like the original. In some ways it was, but mostly it wasn't. That is a good thing. The plot revolves around a drunk coach, Morris Buttermaker(Thornton)as tries to coach and cope with a group of misfits that call themselves baseball players. I was laughing from beginning to end at this comedy spectacle. I don't know why people are being so negative. They must have something wrong with them. The script was excellent as well as the jokes. They are not as crude as movies like Austin Powers or American Pie. The music was alright, but that does not really matter because the music is not significant. This movie is the best comedy of 2005 and I give this film a 10/10.

There was no way that this film would be as good as the classic from 1976, no way. That being said, I had rather low expectations. I mean, were they just going to remake the original but with different actors? Would they do an original take on the story? Well, they kind of stay loyal to the original with a few variations. Billy Bob Thornton is no Walter Matthau, but he gives a good effort and has some great lines. The real weakness with film is in the supporting cast, which is vastly inferior to the original. Greg Kinnear pales in comparison to Vic Morrow and is rather marginalized compared to the original. However, the real problem with this film involves the kids. Tatum O'Neil and the kids that starred in the original were very accomplished and so much more entertaining. The Bears in this film are just weak. None are very accomplished as actors and it shows, big time. Not one gives a really decent performance. Added to this is the poor edit job. I mean, we see the Bears lose every game, then, they win one game and in the next scene, a character says we are one game away from the Championship. What!? How is that possible? I guess the more I talk about this movie, the more I realize that it is vastly inferior to the original, despite the Thornton performance.