The good elements of this film are slim to none. The film is filled with objectionable language, innuendos and poor taste. There are 146 crude, obscene or profane words during the course of the film; that works out to be 1.3 objectionable words every minute. There are more crude one-liners thrown than pitches, and these 12 year old kids use the most vulgar language of any 12 olds in history. It seems like every other sentence out of their mouths was an obscene or sexual comment.
The character of Coach Buttermaker is no better. He drinks in front of the kids at practice, and makes all kinds of sexual references when trying to make a point. He wears a t-shirt that says, “She looked good last night.” He takes the team to Hooters when they win a game. He even has the kids doing his work as an exterminator at one point. Not most people’s idea of a role model. In one scene he is told he needs to go out and obtain a uniform sponsor so the team can have uniforms for the season. He does what he’s told and hands out the uniforms with a strip club as the sponsor.
One scene after another is in very poor taste. If you are the umpire of what your family sees at the theater this summer, eject “Bad News Bears” from the lineup.
