The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training is the comic and poignant second-in-the-series of adventures with the pint-sized sandlot ballplayers initiated with the smash success, The Bad News Bears. The picture picks up the Be... more »ars' career a year after their infamous second-place finish in the North Valley League. Faced with a chance to play the Houston Toros for a shot at the Japanese champs, they devise a way to get Texas to play at the famed Astrodome. On their pilgrimage to Houston, the Bears gain a new coach; dump that coach; add a new pitcher who can't get his fastball over the plate; find another coach who shows him how it's done, and go on to a come-back victory with all eyes on Japan.« less
Kevin O. from MANHATTAN BCH, CA Reviewed on 11/14/2011...
I grew up watching all the Bad News Bears movies and they are still some of my all time favorites. If you have not seen all three you should.
Movie Reviews
A Good Preteen Fantasy
Andre M. | Mt. Pleasant, SC United States | 06/01/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love this movie, but mostly for sentimental reasons. I saw it with my Dad and my best friend on a summer afternoon in 1977 when I was 12. In looking at it now, one would have to be about 12 or 13 to fully appreciate the story of the adventures of kids who steal a van to play in a baseball game across the country. Good scenery and it certainly captures the spirit of it's era. As for adult audiences? I don't think so, unless you were a kid during the 70s. You hadda be there. Oh yeah, the theme song is great too."
American Classic
rocknrollfan | 04/13/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training is one of the greatest movies ever made. The plot was great, the acting superb, and the music was wonderful. If this movie doesn't hit an emotional cord when watching it, then you are barely alive. I've seen this movie close to 30 times and it gets better and better each time. I still get choked up when Kelly runs from his father and the field trying to run away from his emotions. Like I said, the acting is superb. All Americans should watch this movie with pride."
Greatest Sports Film
Andrew Roderick | SF, CA | 10/20/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I saw it in the theaters in '77 when I played little league and never really got over the idea of stealing a van. I liked it better than the original which was good but lacked the depth and incredible climax of the "let them play" scene. Plus, Bob Watson makes a guest appearance. Jackie Earl Haley never got the respect he deserved and probably should have been nominated for an Oscar for his role as Kelly Leak in this film."
A great piece of American movie history!
rocknrollfan | San Francisco | 01/25/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"You gotta love this film, not quite as funny as the first, but it makes it up 10 fold in attitude! Jackie Earle Haley as Kelly Leek is pure GENIUS! If you haven't seen this yet, I'm sorry for you."
This Movie Speaks to Me
rocknrollfan | 04/14/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I was seven when this movie came out. Also, I grew up in Houston, spending many nights at the Astrodome, watching the Astros blay ball. The footage of the old Dome's great extinct scoreboard is worth the price of the movie to me. Classic."