Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300216815
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6300216810
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 8863
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: April 07, 1976

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com essential video:
This likable 1976 comedy gently skewers the whole post- Rocky mania for movies about losers who find their mettle or salvation or purpose in life in competitive sport. Walter Matthau stars as a drunk who becomes manager of a pathetic little-league baseball team. When he brings in a talented girl pitcher (Tatum O'Neal), the crew have an actual chance at winning some games and maybe a championship. But director Michael Ritchie (Downhill Racer) undercuts the romance of it all with the team's foul-mouthed tendencies and Matthau's own decadent spin on mentor-coachdom. Similarly to Ritchie's wicked comedy Smile --which lampooned the fervor surrounding beauty pageants--The Bad News Bears pokes fun at another American institution. --Tom Keogh




Rating: - These Bears are Bad News
Another great 70s film that was made into a poor 21st century film. This film is matter of fact without loud music and greatly exaggerated mugging passing off as acting. Yes, the characters are exaggerated for effect but not like acting is now. The story and the movie are more subtle but the story is classic cinema. A horrible, pathetic kids little league team is coached by a hopeless alcoholic. Somehow with the recruitment of a GIRL! Everyone gets their act together and plays pretty well. ... Read More

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Rating: - Another classic 70's movie
Im not going to tell you all about this film, or tell you who is in it, or what they did, etc. Everyone knows Walter Matthau plays an ex-ball player who drinks, smokes and swears to much thru the movie, and also that Tatum O'Neil plays his ex-girlfriend's daughter who he gets to pitch and all the other stuff, like Tanner swearing and saying the "N" word, and such. All this has been said and reviewed in earlier post. I saw this movie when it first came out in 1976. I was 9 turning 10 years old that ... Read More

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Rating: - Bad News Bears
It's nice to purchase movies I watched as a child. This one is the best of all three.

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Rating: - hey Keogh, it's not avant gard - duh
The Amazon essential video review by Mr. Keogh seems to miss the mark on a review of this movie. Making any similarity or connection to Rocky is a fallacy at the least. Especially considering it's released in the same year. There were a few good movies to come out around the American bicentennial which includes "Bugsy Malone", "Deathrace 2000", and "Rollerball". Trying to classify this movie as "post Rocky" shows that this guy has no idea what he's talking about. The biggest mistake Mr. Keogh makes ... Read More

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Rating: - When Comedies, Kids, and Everything Was More Laid Back.
"The Bad News Bears" inspired a franchise of movies and the entire kids' sports comedy genre when it was released in 1976. Now it's a trip back in time to an era when preteens smoking and swearing was PG-rated family entertainment. It's amazing how much attitudes have changed in 30 years. As we are now at the opposite extreme in what is considered normal behavior in middle-class youngsters, "The Bad News Bears" seems like a breath of fresh air. And its message to adults who compete through their children's' ... Read More

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