Kicking & Screaming

Kicking & Screaming (2005)

All his life, Phil Weston has dreamed of being on a winning team. Phil...your time has come.

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.

Date of release
2005-05-13
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (711)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Family, Comedy
Director
Jesse Dylan

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California

Kicking & Screaming is a 2005 American sports comedy film directed by Jesse Dylan and written by Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick. The film stars Will Ferrell and Robert Duvall as a father and son who exploit their own sons' soccer teams to try to beat the other. Mike Ditka, Kate Walsh, and Josh Hutcherson also star. It premiered at Universal City on May 1, 2005 and was released by Universal Pictures on May 13, 2005, to mixed reviews and grossed $56.1 million worldwide against a $45 million budget.

Production

In April 2003, it was reported that Universal Pictures had bought a soccer themed pitch from writers Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick starring Will Ferrell citing the success of Old School as a reason for the swift acquisition. Marco Schnabel, who had previously worked as a second unit director for Jay Roach on the Austin Powers films and Meet the Parents, was initially hired to make his directorial debut with this film, but he was ultimately repl…

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