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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

Comedy · Family · 1977

A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the teams coach.

Movie details

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

“The Bad News Bears are one year older and one year wilder.”

1977 Comedy · Family 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.6 / 10

3.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

42 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

47 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the teams coach.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Pressman

Written by

Paul Brickman

William Devane

William Devane

Mike Leak

Clifton James

Clifton James

Sy Orlansky

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley

Kelly Leak

Jimmy Baio

Jimmy Baio

Carmen Ronzonni

Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes

Tanner Boyle

Erin Blunt

Erin Blunt

Ahmad Abdul Rahim

Jayme Escobedo

Jayme Escobedo

Jose Agilar

Court is in session

Put The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.