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As a child, Phil Weston was never able to live up to the demands of his overbearing father who wanted Phil to be an athlete. Now as a father, Phil takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating...
Kicking & Screaming succeeds because it understands its target audience, refraining from playing it too cute or crude. Though predictable, it's well executed.
September 25, 2006
Cinema Crazed
Is this all there is to Ferrell's career? Mediocre comedies, and wasted talent?
A zero, but the title describes how the audience is likely to react, perfectly.
May 19, 2005
Washington Post
Ferrell is one of the film's few bright lights. It's a shame to hide that subversive beacon under a bushel of dully inspirational sports movie cliches.
Director Jesse Dylan, desperate to avoid yawns, flails madly with staging, editing, slow motion -- any trick he can think of, whether it fits or works or not.