Kicking & Screaming (2005)

Director:

Jesse Dylan

Writers (WGA):

Leo Benvenuti (written by) &
Steve Rudnick (written by)

Release Date:

13 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

One man could lead this team to glory. . . That man was busy

Plot:

Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating... |

Plot Keywords:

Merchant | Cigar Smoking | Divorcé | Banquet | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Will Ferrell	...	Phil Weston
Robert Duvall	...	Buck Weston
Mike Ditka	...	Mike Ditka
Kate Walsh	...	Barbara Weston
Musetta Vander	...	Janice Weston
Dylan McLaughlin	...	Sam Weston
Josh Hutcherson	...	Bucky Weston
Steven Anthony Lawrence	...	Mark Avery
Jeremy Bergman	...	Hunter
Elliott Cho	...	Byong Sun (as Elliot Cho)
Erik Walker	...	Ambrose
Dallas McKinney	...	Connor
Francesco Liotti	...	Gian Piero
Alessandro Ruggiero	...	Massimo
Sammy Fine	...	Jack

Also Known As:

Kicking and Screaming (USA) (alternative spelling)
Soccer Dads (USA) (working title)
Untitled Will Ferrell Soccer Comedy (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements, language and some crude humor.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG | Iceland:L | Norway:7 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | New Zealand:PG | Sweden:Btl | Australia:PG | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Ireland:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG | Finland:K-7 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Many of the names on the kids' jerseys are those of crew members, such as Apatow (two producers) and Watson (assistant director).

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Phil is kicking the soccer ball in his house he goes to kick it with his left foot but in the next camera angle he can be seen kicking it with his right.

Quotes:

Phil Weston: Well, if it isn't Porkface Jones. I can eat a box of cookies tonight. Can you do that? No. Because you're nothin' but a fart-faced kid.
[kid starts attacking him]
Phil Weston: [shouts] Get him off me!
[someone pulls kid off]
Phil Weston: That's like the little jackal from hell!

Movie Connections:

References The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Soundtrack:

SATURDAY MORNING

Decent, but not Anchorman or Elf

Kicking and Screaming was decent. Will Ferrel plays the son of a dad who WILL NOT lose to ANYONE (Robert Duvall). He takes over coaching his son's Little League soccer team and goes nuts trying to win at all costs.

Kicking & Screaming seemed like it wanted to be the Anchorman of kid's movies, but it just lost me. There were some really funny parts, one involving the team needing to help out at the Italian kids family butcher shop, but overall, it just tried to hard to be a quirky movie that adults and kids would enjoy.

All in all, not Will Ferrel's best movie, but definitely not horrible. A good saterday night rental.