Kicking & Screaming

Kicking & Screaming

All his life, Phil Weston has dreamed of being on a winning team. Phil...your time has come.

200595 min5.8 / 10

A lighthearted family comedy about a father redeeming his athletic failures through coaching his son, centered on warmth, generational conflict, and the redemptive power of second chances.

Phil Weston has been unathletic his entire life. In college he failed at every sport that he tried out for. It looks like his 10-year old son, Sam, is following in his footsteps. But when Phil's hyper-competitive dad benches Sam, Phil decides to transfer his son to a new team which needs a coach. Phil steps in to be the temporary coach and immediately begins to butt heads with his dad over this new competition in their lives.

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