Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
Directed by Richard Linklater
sports
baseball
little league
kids' sports team
Rank
#140 in 2005·#7201 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
2.9 / 5
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Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Morris Buttermaker
Greg Kinnear
Roy Bullock
Marcia Gay Harden
Liz Whitewood
Sammi Kane Kraft
Amanda Whurlitzer
Ridge Canipe
Toby Whitewood
Brandon Craggs
Mike Engelberg
Jeffrey Davies
Kelly Leak
Timmy Deters
Tanner Boyle
Carlos Estrada
Miguel Agilar
Emmanuel Estrada
Jose Agilar
Troy Gentile
Matthew Hooper
Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris
Ahmad Abdul Rahim
Crew
Richard Linklater
Director
Bill Lancaster
Screenplay
Glenn Ficarra
Screenplay
John Requa
Screenplay
Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Sandra Adair
Editor
Rogier Stoffers
Director of Photography
Richard Linklater
Producer
Allan Graf
Stunts
Zack Duhame
Stunts
Popular Reviews
148 reviews
Daniel Blanco
6.0★ · 05/27/26
Day 300/365
Not much to say, this was a fun watch
Day 300/365
Not much to say, this was a fun watch
Jacob
7.0★ · 05/07/26
That’s liberal propaganda bullcrap
Pretty much just Bad Santa, but with Baseball
That’s liberal propaganda bullcrap
Pretty much just Bad Santa, but with Baseball
AidenPRO
6.0★ · 03/28/26
Benchwarmers and moneyball betta
Benchwarmers and moneyball betta
jocelyn mallory
8.0★ · 03/12/26
i watched this with my dad as a kid, it’s still pretty funny
i watched this with my dad as a kid, it’s still pretty funny