Word: cutely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...greed. They cast the movie either with worn faces (George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel) or yokels who must have been discovered hanging around the Georgia location. Then they turned their attentions to having most of this motley assembly torn asunder by a marauding bear who is, in fact, rather cute. Since the bear seems such a regal, friendly creature, and since the cast is so ripe for quick demise, rooting instincts remain solidly with the animal...
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...story's message manages to be simultaneously heavyhanded and incomprehensible, no mean trick; winning is better than losing, but winning with dignity is better than just plain winning. Oh, and losing with dignity should be in there too, but it's unclear exactly where. The little kids are pretty cute, but Tatum has evolved into the Margaux Hemingway of the pre-teen set, which, as far as we're concerned, is nowheresville...
Ritchie and Writer Bill Lancaster (Burt's son) are especially shrewd in showing how a game for kids is converted into a contest of egos for their elders. The movie is calculated and a little cute. It relies too heavily on the amusement value of hearing little kids cuss like Marines. Yet The Bad News Bears is also tough-minded. It does not turn Buttermaker into a lovable codger, and the kids do not become last-minute victors...
...FIRST, Tango seems to be just another avant-garde play with a gimmick. In this case the cute twist is a generation-gap role-reversal. The older members of the family are non-conformists and the young son is a traditionalist. By the time act one comes to a close, the audience feels as if it's being hit over the head with this witty, bizarre, but tediously predictable pattern...