1976 · sports · underdog · satire
The Bad News Bears
Directed by Michael Ritchie1h 42m1976
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Our read: The Bad News Bears (1976) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded sports · underdog · satire entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle sports / underdog, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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