Nonureva Really Surprised!

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Python Hyena Kicking and Screaming (2005): Dir: Jesse Dylan / Cast: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Mike Ditka, Kate Walsh, Musetta Vander: Very funny sports comedy about the lifestyle we are brought up to live. Will Ferrell is disappointed when his son is bench sitting on his grandfather's team. When his son is traded to the Tigers Ferrell decides to coach so to spend more time with his son. Unfortunately it goes to his head as Ferrell stoops to juvenile antics including name calling the opposing team. Although formula in structure the setup establishes the competitive relationship between Ferrell and his father, which stemmed from years of humiliation. Director Jesse Dylan is aided by a conclusion that is more gratifying than most films of its kind. It is a well crafted film backed with great comic payoff by its leads. Ferrell is hilarious as a father coping with how he was raised and how it is affecting how he is raising his son. Robert Duvall as Ferrell's father is great in a more juvenile and funny turn. Mike Ditka makes a memorable appearance to assist Ferrell in coaching even though much of this footage is pretty straight forward. Kate Walsh is standard issue as Ferrell's wife. This is one of the better sports movies in a while and this one falls under sports comedy. Funnier than expected with a theme that regards heredity and what we pass on and how it affects future generations. Score: 8 ½ / 10

elshikh4 I'm not a big fan of (Will Ferrell), but sure he did it good this time. The story of the movie is old, predictable, whatever, but I loved its new and simple details. Not the greatest comedy, but it does amuse.Deep down inside it's about the reuniting between a father and his son, a very late one caused by the selfishness, vanity, and impudence of the father. And it's about another reuniting between that son and his own son as well, where the movie reveals that some times we, unintentionally, become the fathers we hated. Well, take it from me, some comedies give nothing to their substances, but not here.The level of the comedy itself wasn't bad. (Ferrell) is the whole show. He shows noticeable vitality, using his persona, as a middle-aged, middle-class, so idiot kind man, mixing it with his own style of cute nervousness or outward – mostly fake – coolness. So the best part of this movie is sure the sequences of his character going mad because of so much coffee. It said a lot about his talent and the damages of coffee !In his serious scenes he wasn't as good, mainly due to his face and eyes. Though, he managed to do them appropriately. (Robert Duvall) acted like a real provoker. Despite his old age he looked fresh. Real life trainer (Mike Ditka) was incredible as himself, or the spoof of himself. And I liked how that script went to rescue the team at last by the idea of "doing the opposite of everything I taught you". We have a hero who ended unlike the way he began, with some real entertaining time. Hence, I loved it more than the based on true story movie, from the same year, about another trainer, his son and team : Coach Carter. It is simply better. At least this one has a memorable quote: "If we felt hungry, we'll gonna eat Byong Sun" !!

Steven Kicking and Screaming marked the first sports movie that Will Ferrell starred in. While it is not as funny of a movie as Talladega Nights or Blades of Glory, it works. Will Ferrell stars as Phil Weston, a loving dad who wishes that his son would get more playing time in recreation league soccer. Ironically, the team his son is on is coached by Phil's dad (played very comedically by Robert Duvall). When the coach says no, this causes Phil to become a soccer coach himself. Ferrell makes this character one of his own. This movie is a Will Ferrell movie, but it is targeted more toward younger audiences. Ferrell does put some of his usual attitudes and mannerisms, and in the case of Kicking and Screaming, it works.

morrison-dylan-fan After having enjoyed Will Ferrells other films,i decided to pick this one up,and while it is a present enough family film,it has a bit of a "Cookie cutter" feel to it. The plot:Ferrell is Phil Weston,a guy who has always tried to in press his dad Buck (Robert Duvall) at how he does sports,but he has sadly failed to do so.Yet when he sees his son football team without a coach,he decides that he should coach the team,so they beat the team his dad coaches and with help getting a co-coach in Mike Ditka,they start winning,but can they get to the final?View on the film:Direction:Director Jesse"son of Bob"Dylan is sadly unable to get the film past the point where you forget the other movies that are very like this(The bad news bears being the main one.)and the speed the team improve means that you don't get any feeling of joy when they win a match. Cast:While Ferrell gives a fine performance,the very surprising highlight is Mike Ditka as himself,who gives a really fun over-the-top performance as the co-coachFinal view on the Film:A pleasant enough film,with some fun performances,that is not able to get past a been-there-done-that feel.