Kicking and Screaming (2005)
43 %
Reviews Counted: 129 Fresh: 56 Rotten:73 Average Rating: 5.1/10
Consensus:
The script is mediocre and fails to give Ferrell a proper comedic showcase.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
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. Unfortunately for Phil, these qualities have never quite endeared him to his tough-as-nails... [More]
Genre: Childrens
Starring: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Mike Ditka, Kate Walsh, Musetta Vander
Director: Jesse Dylan
Screenwriter: Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Composer: Mark Isham
Screenwriter: Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Composer: Mark Isham
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08/16/07
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.
09/26/06
Kicking & Screaming succeeds because it understands its target audience, refraining from playing it too cute or crude. Though predictable, it's well executed.
09/25/06
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06/24/06
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.
12/25/05
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.
10/20/05
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.
10/15/05
Gets the job done for its core audience of tots%u2014and for no one else.
10/13/05
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09/26/05
There are a few broad laughs and Ferrell is everything you would expect him to be – irritating, occasionally amusing and sometimes inspired
08/30/05
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.
07/25/05
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07/22/05
... a rather schizophrenic movie; groaningly familiar around the edges but with a pair of frighteningly unpredictable monsters at the centre.
07/12/05
...a formulaic Bad News Bears rip-off that at least features some good-natured charm to compensate for its flat script and cartoonish tendencies.
06/14/05
The most amazing thing about Will Ferrell is that he can make absolutely nothing funny.
06/14/05
There's nothing remotely original in this goofy kids' sports movie, but at least the script adds a refreshingly funny zing.
06/04/05
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