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Kicking & Screaming (2005) -- 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...
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Overview

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Director:

Jesse Dylan

Writers (WGA):

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

Contact:

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Release Date:

13 May 2005 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport more

Tagline:

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

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... | full synopsis

Awards:

6 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(12 articles)

Kicking and screaming Eesha Koppikhar gets her belt!
 (From RealBollywood. 7 September 2009, 8:28 AM, PDT)

Video: Miley Cyrus Does the 'Today' Show
 (From Celebuzz. 28 August 2009, 8:00 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Decent, but not Anchorman or Elf more (115 total)


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Additional Details

Also Known As:

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

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Filming Locations:

Arcadia, California, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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

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. more

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!
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Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

SATURDAY MORNING more


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14 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Decent, but not Anchorman or Elf, 9 May 2006
7/10
Author: FordPrefect-42 from behind you.

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.

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