Kicking and Screaming is essentially a film about working out daddy issues that the lead character, Phil, has with his dad Buck. After Phil’s son is transferred from his dad’s team to the worst team in the league, Phil takes over the coaching duties and begins to act just like his dad did when he was young. Upon realizing this he tells his son and his team to do the opposite of what he’s telling them, which ends up working his team ends up beating his dad’s team, much to everyone’s surprise. It’s not exactly a feelgood movie but it’s something that reminds you that winning isn’t everything and that family is family for life, no matter what your family might be like.
Will Ferrell loves to scream and throw tantrums, that’s a well-established fact, at least in movies.
10. The baby in the beginning that’s supposed to be Ferrell’s character is actually a girl.
That might have been an oversight or it might have been something done on purpose to further the story line in a way. It’s hard to know really.
9. Will Ferrell stated that this was his favorite movie.
Apparently he had a lot of fun doing this movie but a lot of people thought that it could have been better and wasn’t like his normal roles.
8. Ferrell’s wife was pregnant with his first child during this movie.
He’s said that he can envision watching this movie with his kid years from now.
7. Many of the names on the kids’ jerseys are the names of the crew.
This is kind of a trademark that happens in these kind of movies as the cast and crew like to put in the kind of things that people have to look for if they want to see them.
6. It was shipped to some theaters under a different title.
To some theaters it was shipped under the name The Winning Team. That doesn’t really pop as a title though, it sounds more like a heartfelt drama.
5. This is the second time a cast member from The Godfather has played Will Ferrell’s father in a movie.
James Caan played Ferrell’s father in Elf, while in this film it’s Robert Duvall, who played Tom Hagen in The Godfather 1 and 2.
4. The movie opened to mixed reviews.
People didn’t really know what to think about Ferrell in this role since he’s usually the funny man or at least the dramatic person that knows when to interject a bit of humor. This was just confusing.
3. The film didn’t do that great at the box office.
It made a profit to be honest but it wasn’t all that much compared to its budget so it couldn’t be called a rousing success.
2. Rotten Tomatoes scored it pretty low.
Normally this doesn’t matter but at least the site seemed to get it right this time since the movie scored less than fifty percent.
1. Script issues seemed to limit Ferrell in this role.
There were comedic moments to be seen in the film but they were kind of overshadowed by the dialogue and the situations into which Ferrell was put.
Some people liked it, some didn’t.
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