Kicking and screaming movie

Soccer, although maybe not as popular or widespread as the big three—football, baseball and basketball—is still a cinematic subject tread often enough that it isn't exactly a novel idea. Besides, it doesn't really matter what the game is; nearly all sports pictures follow the same formula with the kind of loyalty one gives the team of their choice.

"Kicking & Screaming," directed by Jesse Dylan (2003's "American Wedding") in workmanlike fashion, is no exception to this rule, presenting a ragtag team of young misfits who ultimately come into their own by the climactic championship game and prevail against adversity.

The coach is an unlikely one—a non-athletic father named Phil Weston (Will Ferrell) who offers his services when no one else steps up—whose easygoing attitude soon turns cutthroat as he goes up against his extremely competitive father, Buck (Robert Duvall), the coach of the leading kid's soccer team.

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