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Kicking and Screaming
Throughout his childhood, Phil Wetson, a professional trainer, suffers from the hard personality of his father who is also a sportive man. After taking the mission of training a soccer team of kids, his life changes completely when he finds himself act like his father in training kids, in order to win the competition.
19 July 1990, Fresno, California, USA
29 October 1992, California, USA
25 September 1994, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
29 April 1939, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 March 1962, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
26 May 1963, Durban, South Africa
26 November 1965, Northbrook, Illinois, USA
28 October 1952, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
1992, USA
20 February 1967, New York City, New York, USA
22 March 1972, Salem, Oregon, USA
30 July 1982, Santa Monica, California, USA
August 07, 2008
Director Jesse Dylan, desperate to avoid yawns, flails madly with staging, editing, slow motion -- any trick he can think of, whether it fits or works or not.
September 26, 2006
The picture is a little about soccer, a little about parenting, and a lot about laughing. Mike Ditka shows up and delivers a kick-butt performance.
May 13, 2005
Ferrell is one of the film's few bright lights. It's a shame to hide that subversive beacon under a bushel of dully inspirational sports movie cliches.
February 01, 2006
Mostly useless
April 29, 2009
Is this all there is to Ferrell's career? Mediocre comedies, and wasted talent?
September 25, 2006
Kicking & Screaming succeeds because it understands its target audience, refraining from playing it too cute or crude. Though predictable, it's well executed.
September 26, 2005
This isn't the worst setup for a kiddie comedy, but it proves that Ferrell alone can't carry a film.
December 07, 2007
If this footy film was in a league it would be languishing at the bottom of the Vauxhall Conference.
May 13, 2005
As lazy, bloated and TV-screen- friendly as shameless promos come.
May 21, 2005
... barely watchable.
August 16, 2007
Will Ferrell has become the most unlikely embodiment of wholesome family fun since Fred MacMurray gave up film noir for My Three Sons.
May 19, 2005
A zero, but the title describes how the audience is likely to react, perfectly.