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Kicking and Screaming

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Kicking and Screaming (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 130

Fresh: 55

Rotten:75

Average Rating: 5.1/10

Consensus: The script is mediocre and fails to give Ferrell a proper comedic showcase.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for thematic elements, language and some crude humor.

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:May 13, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $52,580,895

Synopsis: Funny man Will Farrell's humorous man-child antics meet actual kids on this soccer comedy. As vitamin salesman Phil Weston, Farrell's a sensitive man easily capable of both crying and sewing.... Funny man Will Farrell's humorous man-child antics meet actual kids on this soccer comedy. As vitamin salesman Phil Weston, Farrell's a sensitive man easily capable of both crying and sewing. Unfortunately for Phil, these qualities have never quite endeared him to his tough-as-nails father, Buck (Robert Duvall), who will stop at nothing to one-up Phil. He goes so far as benching Phil's 10-year-old son--his own grandson--on the youth soccer team he coaches. When Phil begs for more playing time for the boy, Buck trades his grandson to the last-place team, the Tigers. Not just any normal cellar-dwelling outfit, the Tigers feature a cast of lovable losers who prefer eating worms and telling jokes to playing soccer. When the Tigers' coach leaves, putting the season on the line, an inexperienced Phil steps in to helm his son's new team. With help from Buck's neighbor and rival, real-life football coach Mike Ditka--hilariously playing himself--the Tigers turn their season around. Fueled by a raging caffeine habit, Phil starts to be overly obsessed with beating Buck, losing sight of why he took the job in the first place--to be a better dad to his own son. Director Jesse Dylan (AMERICAN WEDDING) is a natural for the storyline, being famed musician Bob Dylan's son. Farrell, for once, is content to play straight man to the crazy tykes in the first half of the film, before he unleashes his trademark zaniness. Those attributes alone, along with fun-loving family themes, make KICKING & SCREAMING a treat for fans both young and old. [More]

Starring: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Mike Ditka, Kate Walsh

Starring: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Mike Ditka, Kate Walsh, Musetta Vander, Josh Hutcherson, Dylan McLaughlin

Director: Jesse Dylan

Director: Jesse Dylan
Screenwriter: Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Composer: Mark Isham
Studio: Universal Pictures

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04/29/09
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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

If this footy film was in a league it would be languishing at the bottom of the Vauxhall Conference.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
12/07/07
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film
N/R

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08/16/07
Dave Calhoun
Time Out New York

The picture is a little about soccer, a little about parenting, and a lot about laughing. Mike Ditka shows up and delivers a kick-butt performance.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
09/26/06
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

Kicking & Screaming succeeds because it understands its target audience, refraining from playing it too cute or crude. Though predictable, it's well executed.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/25/06
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

Mostly useless

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
02/01/06
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Will Ferrell cria um personagem carismático a partir de um roteiro burocrático e, no processo, consegue divertir e levar o espectador a se envolver com a história.

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12/25/05
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

... Kicking & Screaming is not very good.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat

Kicking and Screaming feels as if it were callously vomited out by a machine, along with a couple of spare parts and some putrid grease.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/20/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Robert Duvall is superb (his love of football is well-documented) and seems to really enjoy playing a comic variation of his sports-obsessed father in the classic The Great Santini.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/15/05
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Gets the job done for its core audience of tots%u2014and for no one else.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
10/13/05
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
N/R

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09/26/05
AV Club

There are a few broad laughs and Ferrell is everything you would expect him to be – irritating, occasionally amusing and sometimes inspired

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08/30/05
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Urban Cinefile

Ferrell's a funny guy, that much is true, and his frequent adlibbing is always preferable to the scripted humour he delivers, but he's just not right to lead a film like this.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
07/25/05
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
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07/22/05
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

... a rather schizophrenic movie; groaningly familiar around the edges but with a pair of frighteningly unpredictable monsters at the centre.

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07/12/05
Paul Arendt
BBC
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07/05/05
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Iron Mike is phenomenal! Kicking and Screaming is not.

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06/28/05
Uri Lessing
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