PhiloBad News Bears (2005)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.7
Overview
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
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Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
Starring Cast
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Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central solution champions a progressive approach to youth development, prioritizing inclusivity, emotional well-being, and challenging rigid, results-driven systems over traditional competitive structures in youth sports, leading to a left-leaning bias.
The movie features visible diversity within its baseball team, including various racial backgrounds and a central female character, consistent with the original film's premise. The narrative focuses on themes of sportsmanship and overcoming personal failings, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or portraying them negatively.
Secondary
The character Ogden Loomis, portrayed as white in the 1976 original film, is depicted by a Black actor in the 2005 remake, constituting a race swap.
Richard Linklater's 'Bad News Bears' does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses entirely on a misfit Little League baseball team, their coach, and the challenges of competition and personal growth, without addressing queer identity in any capacity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2005 film is a remake of the 1976 original. All major characters, including the coach, the star pitcher, and the team members, retain their established genders from the prior installment. No character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
5.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
5.8
5.8
Critic Ratings
4.8
6.5
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