Kicking & Screaming Movie Review 2005

An anemic family sports comedy that never would have been greenlit without a comedy powerhouse like Ferrell in the lead. And it's to his sole credit that a movie this derivative works as well as it does. Mild-mannered Phil (Ferrell) is the anxiety-prone son of Buck (Duvall), a ridiculously competitive junior soccer coach who traded his own grandson, Phil's son Sam (McLaughlin), to another team. Determined to prove himself to Buck, Phil takes over coaching Sam's new soccer team, filled with losers and misfits, with the help of Buck's arch-rival Mike Ditka (yes, that Mike Ditka). Ferrell screaming at kids never stops being funny, but there's not an original moment in the entire film.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Soccer, Dads, Bad Dads, Sports Comedies, Team Efforts

Screenplay

Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick

Cast

Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Steven Anthony Lawrence, Musetta Vander, Elliot Cho, Josh Hutcherson, Dylan McLaughlin, Eric Walker, Dallas McKinney, Jeremy Bergman, Kate Walsh, Francesco Liotti, Alessandro Ruggiero, Laura Kightlinger, Rachael Harris

Cinematography

Lloyd Ahern

Director

Jesse Dylan

Music

Mark Isham

Other

Mike Ditka, Jose Antonio Garcia, Stuart Pappe, Clayton Hartley

Producer

Jimmy Miller, Mosaic Media Group, Universal