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.
Acting
Thornton commits to the bit with zero shame.
Direction
Linklater's indie sincerity clashes weirdly with studio raunch.
Writing
Kids cursing like sailors—shocking then, quaint now.
Director
Richard Linklater
Billy Bob Thornton
Morris Buttermaker
Greg Kinnear
Roy Bullock
Marcia Gay Harden
Liz Whitewood
Sammi Kane Kraft
Amanda Whurlitzer
Ridge Canipe
Toby Whitewood
Brandon Craggs
Mike Engelberg
Jeffrey Davies
Kelly Leak
Timmy Deters
Tanner Boyle
Carlos Estrada
Miguel Agilar
Emmanuel Estrada
Jose Agilar
Troy Gentile
Matthew Hooper
Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris
Ahmad Abdul Rahim
Tyler Patrick Jones
Timmy Lupus
Jeffrey Tedmori
Garo Daragabrigadien
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sammi Kane Kraft was a real baseball prodigy cast for athletic skills, not acting experience—her authenticity shows.
This remake arrived at peak 'crude comedy' saturation (2005); studios thought Thornton + kids + cursing = gold. They were half right.
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