Kicking & Screaming (Full Screen)
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Actor: Josh Hutcherson, Kate Walsh, Mike Ditka, Robert Duvall, Will FerrellDirector: Jesse Dylan
Brand: Universal
Producer: Charles Roven
Producer: Daniel Lupi
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Producer: Judd Apatow
Producer: Mia Apatow
Writer: Leo Benvenuti
Writer: Steve Rudnick
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Pictures
DVD Reviews of Kicking & Screaming (Full Screen)
DVD Review: I may be tired of Will Ferrell's typical schtick
Summary: 3 Stars
Most of Will Ferrell's movies cause me to laugh. In fact, I usually double-over in pain that is not too dissimilar to that of a runner. I simply can't breathe during portions of the movie. Kicking and Screaming didn't have that affect, however.
Even the addition of Mike Ditka, the historical coach of the Chicago Bears - my favorite team - couldn't really save this retread. The coffee bit was boring, the soccer angle was contrived, the addition of the superstar players has been done a million times before, and we all know that the kid who is forgotten about is going to pull through in the end.
It's cute, and probably works for the kids, but it's a lot like watching an actual soccer match. There may be one or two goals, and one or two excited moments, but for the most part it's grown men throwing fits and rolling around on the ground in poorly acted agony. It's good for a light laugh, but not much more.
DVD Review: Nonstop laughs the whole family can enjoy...
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a huge fan of Will Ferrell and so I was excited when this movie was released. Although I never got a chance to see it in the theater I rushed to buy the DVD once it was released much to my wife's dismay, since she doesn't share the same love of Ferrell. The greatest thing about this film is that, while Ferrell may have to reign in some of the outlandish remarks that make him so funny in order to keep a lower rating and appeal to children and parents alike, he still maintains the same enthusiasm for his work and delivers a performance that is over the top, hilarious and spontaneous, and one that even my wife found enjoyable. That's probably one of the most commendable traits here. It serves as a really great family sports comedy, appealing to children but also giving the parents something to laugh at.
The film follows Phil Weston as he matches wits with his stubborn and overbearing father Buck. Buck, played by Robert Duvall, has always been disappointed with Phil who never shared his father's love of sports and everything manly. Instead Phil grew up to run a vitamin store, something Buck is somewhat ashamed of. Throughout Phil's life his father always had to be the best, even if that meant trampling his own son down in the process, and now, years later when Phil's son Sammy gets the same treated from his dear old Grandpa, Phil has to take maters into his own hands. He does that by offering to coach the loser team Buck traded Sammy to. Buck is unsupportive but in the end it's the competition between the two Weston men that finally bonds them like they've never been before.
Will Ferrell shines here, with all the quarks and loud mouthed antics that make his more adult oriented fare so entertaining. As Phil ditches his vitamins for coffee he becomes loud, obnoxious and downright out of control and it all adds up to a great deal of fun. Duvall is also effective as Buck. He's rude, mean and at times a downright tyrant. The first time I watched this movie his character actually made me angry. Mike Ditka is actually really funny as himself here. All the children are effective and funny in their own rights as well.
The story is a sweet one at that, showing the importance of letting your children have fun and be themselves, of not adding undue pressure to their success and never allowing your own insecurities and self doubts to ruin your relationship with your child. It shows the good and bad side of competition and the dangers of taking things too far. But, in the end `Kicking and Screaming' is just good old fun and is one that the whole family can enjoy together time and time again. I loved this movie (found it much more entertaining than the `Bad News Bears' remake released around the same time) and highly recommend it. It may not be the best sports comedy out there, but what it lacks in originality it makes up in laughs.
DVD Review: Go Tigers
Summary: 4 Stars
Will Ferrell What a Character, this movie is funny as hell. It's just hillarious. I love will funny actor. And lets not forget a legend Robert Duvall wich made the movie even better. Those two have a good chemestrey and the way they compete with each othe in the movie is funny. all in all this movie was great.DVD Review: VERY FUNNY FERRELL IS HILARIOUS!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is another very funny comedy from the "Nut of the Decade" Will Ferrell! ferrell plays the coach of his kids soccer team and he has to go up against his father who happens to be the "all time winning coach of the town" wackiness ensues!DVD Review: Some funny moments.
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie has it's funny moments but it's no Anchorman by any means. The two most funny scenes can be easily found on online video sites so if you've seen those then you've already seen the best parts of the movie. The rest of it doesn't really live up to those.
Description of Kicking & Screaming (Full Screen)
Will Ferrell?s trademark off-the-wall lunacy kicks in for a comedy sure to score big with the whole family! Phil Weston (Ferrell) is a mild-mannered suburban dad - who?s suddenly transformed into a caffeine-fueled sports maniac when he becomes the coach of his son?s unruly soccer team. But when the championship pits Phil?s underdog team against the squad coached by his own domineering dad (Oscar winner Robert Duvall), it?s game on for the most uproarious mismatch of the season! Suit up for fun, Ferrell-style, with the comedy Ebert & Roeper give "Two Thumbs Up!"Will Ferrell is at his full, frenzied power as Phil Weston, a married, uncoordinated would-be sportsman with an uncoordinated would-be sportsman son--and an unresolved relationship with his coach father, Buck (Robert Duvall), who has very little tolerance for the uncoordinated. When Buck trades his own grandson to a real loser of a little league soccer team, Phil naturally takes over underdog coaching duties and the two men butt heads. You could easily, and perhaps rightfully, dismiss all of this as a dumb, demented Meatballs or Bad News Bears rip-off, but it's pleasantly dumb and sometimes hysterically demented: Encouraged by his neighbor, ex-Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka (yes, playing himself), Phil stops his vitamin regimen and becomes wildly addicted to regular doses of caffeine, which turns him into a monster of a team leader. In addition to Ferrell, Duvall does a doozy of a comic riff on his Great Santini role, and even Ditka is unexpectedly funny. It's a formula film with just enough far-out notions to keep you chuckling. --Steve Wiecking
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