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Kicking & Screaming

2005 · 95 min

A goofy, good-natured sports comedy about fathers and sons, with broad slapstick and a warm heart.

Directed by
Jesse Dylan
Genres
Family, Comedy
Tagline
All his life, Phil Weston has dreamed of being on a winning team. Phil...your time has come.
Overview
Phil Weston has been unathletic his entire life. In college he failed at every sport that he tried out for. It looks like his 10-year old son, Sam, is following in his footsteps. But when Phil's hyper-competitive dad benches Sam, Phil decides to transfer his son to a new team which needs a coach. Phil steps in to be the temporary coach and immediately begins to butt heads with his dad over this new competition in their lives.

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Directed by
Jesse Dylan
Genres
Family, Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • ambition
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • suburbs
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Genres
family, comedy
Directed by
Jesse Dylan
Written by
Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Starring
Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Mike Ditka, Kate Walsh, Musetta Vander, Dylan McLaughlin, Josh Hutcherson, Steven Anthony Lawrence
Music
Mark Isham
Cinematography
Lloyd Ahern II
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian

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