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Bad News Bears

Rated PG - 13

The Basics
Title: Bad News Bears
Rating: PG - 13

Overall rating: 1 out of 5 stars
Best for Ages: 16+

Ages 3 - 7: Red
Ages 8 - 12: Red
Ages 13 - 17: Yellow
Violence Amount: Yellow
Violence Portrayal: Yellow
Fear: Green
Illegal / Harmful: Green
Language: Yellow
Nudity: Yellow
Sex: Yellow

Review:
Billie Bob Thornton plays Morris Buttermaker, a former pro baseball player, in this re-make of an old Walter Matthau movie. He is asked to coach a team of 6th grade baseball players who did not make any local team because they are not any good. They are physically and socially inept. Morris only takes the job for the money. He cares more for booze and women than he does for his team. Eventually, he begins to try coaching his best and the team does improve. There is rude behavior and bad language throughout the movie. Morris has sex with a player's mother, gets a gentleman's club to sponsor the team and the strippers show up at the games. He also takes the team to Hooters for hamburgers. This is not a family movie. Your child should be able to drive before seeing this movie. It might be entertaining to older teens and fathers that have coached a sport but it is not for children.

Linda ThomasLinda Thomas is a native Minnesotan. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a double major in sociology and psychology. Married with a family, she has remained in the Minneapolis area.

Linda has been a lover of movies since she was a small child. This love of film eventually brought her to the point in life where she is now, a film critic. She was featured on WCCO radio for three years on the “Dark in the Morning” show with Dark Star.

In December of 2001, Linda became the film critic for the syndicated “Ruth Koscielak Show”.

Linda sees over 150 movies a year and has had the opportunity to interview a number of directors and actors when they are in town. She has also appeared on a public access show called the "Cinema Judge" and has ventured into writing for "Cinestar" magazine in September 2002. The Twin Cities movie magazine is available, for free, at most local Blockbuster's and local movie cheaters.

Her website is: www.lindathomasmovies.com

As one of the few female reviewers in the Twin Cities area, she brings a unique point of view to her reviews. Linda has raised two children, a boy and a girl, and knows what they like in movies and what is appropriate. Hopefully, her reviews will help your family in choosing where to next spend your movie-going dollar.

 
 
 
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