Funny man Will Farrell's humorous man-child antics meet actual kids on this soccer comedy. As vitamin salesman Phil Weston, Farrell's a sensitive man easily capable of both crying and sewing. Unfortunately for Phil, these qualities have never quite endeared him to his tough-as-nails father, Buck (Robert Duvall), who will stop at nothing to one-up Phil. He goes so far as benching Phil's 10-year-old son--his own grandson--on the youth soccer team he coaches. When Phil begs for more playing time for the boy, Buck trades his grandson to the last-place team, the Tigers. Not just any normal cellar-dwelling outfit, the Tigers feature a cast of lovable losers who prefer eating worms and telling jokes to playing soccer. When the Tigers' coach leaves, putting the season on the line, an inexperienced Phil steps in to helm his son's new team. With help from Buck's neighbor and rival, real-life football coach Mike Ditka--hilariously playing himself--the Tigers turn their season around. Fueled by a raging caffeine habit, Phil starts to be overly obsessed with beating Buck, losing sight of why he took the job in the first place--to be a better dad to his own son.

Director Jesse Dylan (AMERICAN WEDDING) is a natural for the storyline, being famed musician Bob Dylan's son. Farrell, for once, is content to play straight man to the crazy tykes in the first half of the film, before he unleashes his trademark zaniness. Those attributes alone, along with fun-loving family themes, make KICKING & SCREAMING a treat for fans both young and old.

THEATRICAL RELEASE: MAY 13, 2005

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English, French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Takes
Making Of: BEHIND THE NET: THE MAKING OF KICKING & SCREAMING
Deleted Scenes: THE RED CARDS: Deleted Scenes
Outtakes: THE YELLOW CARDS - Outtakes
Featurette:
1. KICKIN' IT WITH THE KIDS
2. SOCCER CAMP
3. FROM ROME TO HOLLYWOOD

Will Ferrell: Actor, ELF/MELINDA AND MELINDA
Robert Duvall: American Actor/Director
Kate Walsh: Star, KICKING & SCREAMING (2005)
Musetta Vander: Actress/"Oblivion"
Josh Hutcherson: Actor, KICKING & SCREAMING (2005)
Dylan McLaughlin: Actor, KICKING & SCREAMING (2005)

Jesse Dylan: Director, HOW HIGH (2001)

Jimmy Miller: Executive Producer, ELF (2003)

Leo Benvenuti: 
Steve Rudnick: 

Mark Isham: Composer, WATERWORLD (1995)

"You get the latest hint of that deeper, committed talent -- the humanist behind the prankster's mask..."
"Ferrell is a very funny man and he always delivers..."