The boys booze, discuss their angst and linger on in college. The film is refreshing in its directorial style. Loose framing and wide shots contrast with the intense internalizations of the character. The humor is sharp and intelligent and gives added dimensions to the dilemma in the story.
The cast blends well together and displays good chemistry. A man is introduced to coffee, becomes addicted to it and drinks it non-stop which causes him to behave erratically. A man smokes a cigar on the sidelines of a youth soccer game in a few scenes, and a man smokes cigars in several other scenes. Be aware that while we do our best to avoid spoilers it is impossible to disguise all details and some may reveal crucial plot elements.
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If more people in our world were like these characters and fewer were like those in "The Doom Generation". Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
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Roger Ebert November 10, Now streaming on:. Designer coffee shops, discussions of marketing sporting goods especially, the grandfather's business. Though this is staged as humor -- specifically, a function of the immaturity and insecurity of perpetrators Phil Will Ferrell and his father Buck Robert Duvall -- it's also annoying and even startling Phil kicks his own year-old son, Buck pushes another child into a pool. The soccer game scenes are mostly fun, but do include a few rough action sequences.
A couple of characters are slapped, punched, and kneed in the groin, adults smoke and drink Phil becomes addicted to coffee and very jittery. In one scene, the kids' team emerges from a van covered in blood following an afternoon chopping meat in a butcher's shop , and so intimidate their opponents into forfeiting the game. Phil instructs his team members to bay at the moon like dogs.
One child on the team has lesbian parents, who make Phil nervous, though he does his best to be "correct. Add your rating See all 8 parent reviews.
Add your rating See all 26 kid reviews. A poor athlete as a child, Phil Will Ferrell was traumatized by his dictatorial father Buck, a hypercompetitive sporting goods salesman. A vitamin salesman as an adult, Phil can't win his father's respect. Phil's decision to coach the Tigers, his son Sam's Dylan McLaughlin little league soccer team, puts him into direct competition with Buck, who coaches the rival Gladiators which includes Buck's own year-old son, Bucky [Josh Hutcherson], born to a second, sexy, young wife after Phil's mom divorced Buck.
Though Phil's wife Barbara Kate Walsh does her best to help him keep the season in perspective, he devotes himself wholly to beating his father. Phil enlists the help of Mike Ditka playing himself, smoking cigars, and apparently just as glad that he didn't run for Senator from Illinois , who in turn finds two Italian boys -- Gian Piero Francesco Liotti and Massimo Alessandro Ruggiero. The Tigers begin to win, leading them at last to the championship match with the Gladiators.
Phil is one of Ferrell's characters in which the immaturity isn't outweighed by his natural appeal, and the film ends up feeling clunky and, frankly, unfunny. Families can talk about the basic lesson it offers: that playing fairly and having fun are more important than winning. Though the movie spends more time on the cheating and excessive investment in competing, you might talk about how kids can play games to practice skills and enjoy each other's company.
The film also demonstrates the lingering effects of an emotionally abusive parent, so you might discuss the best ways parents and children can communicate needs, praise, and affection. As well, the presence of adopted child Byong Sun Elliott Cho might encourage discussion of how you define families. Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.
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