New-era losers (the cast is a cheery scrum of relaxed kids, led by genuine whiz pitcher Sammi Kane Kraft in the role created by Tatum O'Neal) now include a rotten kid in a wheelchair.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
A straightforward, surprisingly faithful and definitely loving adaptation of the original.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
Filled with small, cute kids and large, goofy laughs and buoyed by fine supporting work from Greg Kinnear and Marcia Gay Harden, the director's latest effort won't rock your movie world, but the fact that he manages to keep the freak flag flying in the face of our culture of triumphalism is a thing of beauty.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
At least Linklater isn't just picking the bones of his forebears; he honors them as they deserve.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
Matthau was merely worthless, while Thornton, God bless his soul, rises to the actual level of sociopathic. I love it when that happens.Read Full Review »
The mischief Thornton does make adds up to wild, rowdy fun.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie is like a merger of his ugly drunk in "Bad Santa" and his football coach in "Friday Night Lights," yet Thornton doesn't recycle from either movie; he modulates the manic anger of the Santa and the intensity of the coach and produces a morose loser who we like better than he likes himself.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
You don't watch Bad News Bears for the action out on the diamond. You hang out with that hangdog coach so you can catch every slurry, sour-mouthed retort coming out of his mouth.Read Full Review »
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