Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman
Date of Birth: 14 Jan 1969
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 82 (Actor), 9 (Director), 1 (Creator)
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
White Goodman is the owner and founder of Globo Gym, and would love nothing more than owning Average Joe's Gymnasium. Peter LaFleur doesn't want to lose his gym to Goodman, but couldn't find anyway to get $50,000 in time. Peter and his gang of gym buddies, think of ways to raise money, finally settling on winning a dodgeball tournament.
Starsky & Hutch
Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called "Bay City," this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (Wilson), and Dave Starsky (Stiller), who always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey, rely on omniscient street informer Huggy Bear (Dogg) and race to the scene of the crimes in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod, telling the story of their first big case (as a prequel to the TV show), which involved a former college campus drug dealer (Vaughn) who went on to become a white collar criminal (Electra plays Hutch's girlfriend). (imdb)
The Sweetest Thing
A romantic comedy without the sugar, The Sweetest Thing is a fresh twist on the search for love. (Columbia Pictures)
Teen Wolf Too
Todd Howard is a struggling teenager. Nothing seems to be going very well for him, until he turns into a wolf. (imdb)
The Break-Up
Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston star in The Break-Up, which starts where most romantic comedies end: after boy and girl have met, fallen in love, moved in to start their happily-ever-after -- and right when they wind up driving each other crazy. (Universal Pictures)
Necessary Roughness
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule. (imdb)
Arthur and the Invisibles
From the creative mind of filmmaker Luc Besson, comes a larger-than-life, family adventure about a boy who, after his grandfather disappears, sets out to save his family home from emerging real estate developers. (MGM)
The Ex
When his high-achieving wife (Peet) decides she wants to be a stay-at-home mom, Tom Reilly (Braff) needs to step up and take care of his growing family. (The Weinstein Company)
Smokin\
In a series of interlocking tales of high stakes and low lifes, Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel (Piven) -- a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn states evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody under the supervision of two agents (Reynolds and Liotta) dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. (Universal)
The Kingdom
When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing... (Universal Stuidos)
Mr. Magorium\
Molly Mahoney (Portman) is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store (Hoffman), bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium. (imdb)
Juno
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual and bizarre decision regarding her unborn child. (imdb)
The Promotion
Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.
Hancock
A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image. (imdb)
State of Play
Based on the BBC mini-series of the same title, a team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress.
A Taste for Killing
Two college students get a summer job on an offshore oil rig. They are soon approached by a co-worker who had earlier befriended them, and who now tries to draw them into a plot to murder the rig's crew chief. (imdb)
Bates Motel
A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the legendary Bates Motel after the death of Norman and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business. (imdb)
The Invention of Lying
A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.
Extract
Joel, the owner of an Extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.
Breaking the Rules
Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip. (imdb)
Up in the Air
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
Couples Retreat
A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional. (imdb)
Sol Goode
Sol Goode (Balthazar Getty) is blessed with good looks and quick wit that have carried him for years. But now his luck seems to have run out ... overnight. Eviction, a wrecked car and the threat of having to get a real job are all staring him in the face when he meets the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Trouble is, she can see through his pickup lines.
The Switch
Still single and increasingly attuned to the cacophony of her biological clock, 40-something Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) decides that if she can't find a mate she'll still pursue motherhood with the help of a sperm sample that's not quite as anonymous as she thinks. As the baby grows up, Kassie's best friend, Wally (Jason Bateman), agonizes over whether to reveal that he secretly replaced the donor sample with his own DNA.
Paul
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg star as two science-fiction freaks who, while on a quest to discover what lies at the heart of Nevada's infamous Area 51, cross paths with an alien (voice of Seth Rogen) on the run from earthly authorities.
Moving Target
A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone. (imdb)
Horrible Bosses
Disgruntled buddies Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) can't leave their miserable jobs, so they cook up a creative strategy for eliminating each other's micromanaging and maniacal employers (Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey) instead in this crackpot comedy. Peculiar advice from con artist Motherf**ker Jones (Jamie Foxx) gets the scheme in motion, but the pals can't keep the wheels from flying off.
The Change-Up
A comedy in which a married father accidentally switches bodies with his best friend, leading to a series of wildly complex difficulties.
Mansome
A documentary that explores the question: In the age of manscaping, metrosexuals, and grooming products galore - what does it mean to be a man?
Hit and Run
Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road. (imdb)
Disconnect
A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world. (imdb)
Identity Thief
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
Bad Words
A spelling bee loser sets out to exact revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win as an adult. (imdb)
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
This documentary follows the story of the show through fan, cast and crew, and celebrity interviews. (imdb)
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
Jonathan and Jennifer Hart are in San Francisco to help with a charity auction. Jennifer picks up an old locket for auction and shows it to Jonathan. Jonathan quickly recognizes a picture of him and his sister who he hasn't seen since he was a child, inside. Stuart Morris approaches the Harts claiming to be Jonathan's nephew. Stuart tells them that his aunt is Mr. Harts long lost sister. Perhaps, this family reunion isn't quite what it seems... (imdb)
Horrible Bosses 2
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme. (imdb)
This Is Where I Leave You
When their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. (imdb)
The Longest Week
Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parent's prestigious Manhattan Hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and ... in love. (imdb)
One Way Out
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or making the usual mistakes. However when Harry's ex-partner is put on the case, she begins to get closer than Harry had thought before the case takes some unexpected twists. (imdb)
A LEGO Brickumentary
A look at the global culture and appeal of the LEGO building-block toys. (imdb)
The Gift
A young married couple's lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years. (imdb)
Arrested Development
Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable. (imdb)
The Twilight Zone
A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. (Wikipedia)
The Family Fang
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
Zootopia
In the animal city of Zootopia, which is populated by mammals, birds, fish, Invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, Primates, Marine Mammals, dinosaurs, Arthropods, Insects, Mollusks, annelids, Echinoderms and Arachnids a fast-talking fox who's trying to make it big goes on the run when he's framed for a crime he didn't commit. Zootopia's top cop, a self-righteous rabbit, is hot on his tail, but when both become targets of a conspiracy, they're forced to team up. (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Central Intelligence
After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage. (imdb)
Office Christmas Party
When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand...
Ozark
Ozark (2017) - TV Series
A Chicago-based financial advisor secretly relocates his family to the Missouri Ozarks when his dealings with a drug cartel go awry. (imdb)
Sit Down, Shut Up
The teachers of a slightly poor and non-distinguished school and their random, day-to-day problems. (imdb)
Game Night
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery. (imdb)
Valerie
Valerie (1986) - TV Series
Originally the saga of a working mom raising her three sons alone while her pilot husband is away. After star Valerie Harper left the series, her role was filled by Sandy Duncan as the boys' aunt.
This Can\
Two former movie stars, Marian Bennett and Michael Reyman had a brief and bitter marriage during their careers in the 40's. Many years later they are reunited and things haven't got any better between the two.
The Outsider
The Outsider (2020) - TV Mini-Series
The Outsider begins with a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy. But when an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in. (imdb)
Memory Hole
Memory Hole (2020) - TV Series
Archives of the most cringe-worthy events in pop culture.
Thunder Force
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
Celebrity Poker Showdown - Season 3
Arrested Development - Season 1
Arrested Development - Season 2
Arrested Development - Season 3
Arrested Development - Season 4
Arrested Development - Season 5
Ozark - Season 1
Ozark - Season 2
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: \
Emmy Award-winning "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" makes its highly anticipated return with a third iteration, featuring live reenactments of the hit series "The Facts of Life," created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, and "Diff'rent Strokes,' created by Bernie Kukoff and Jeff Harris. "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes'. (imdb)
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
Our Detective is back with a critical case. Along with two celebrity guests, he's on a mission to solve who killed Santa? But the catch: Jason Bateman and Maya Rudolph aren't given the script. They have no clue what's about to happen. (imdb)
Air
Follows the history of shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball: Michael Jordan.
Fool\
A fool for love becomes an accidental celebrity only to lose it all.
SmartLess: On the Road
Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes take their popular comedy-interview podcast "SmartLess" on tour to six North American cities.
Ozark - Season 3
Ozark - Season 4
The Twilight Zone - Season 1
A Farewell to Ozark
Cast members open up about the show. (imdb)
The Simpsons - Season 16
It\
Enrapturing high school grifter Matt Burton may finally have met his match when his widowed mother begins dating their new apartment building neighbor Norman who's wise to Matt's schemes and attempts to foil every one of them hoping to set his would be stepson on the straight and narrow. (imdb)
The Muppets - Season 1
Zootopia 2
Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case, the most perilous and intricate of their careers. (imdb)
Carry-On
An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight. (Netflix)
Some of My Best Friends
A Greenwich Village writer's new roommate is initially unaware of his sexuality, leading to tensions and efforts to find common ground. (imdb)
The Jake Effect
Disillusioned by the unethical cases he defends, well-paid lawyer Jake Galvin changes careers and becomes a teacher at a Chicago-area high school. Roommate attorney Nick is his sounding-board about his new experiences. (imdb)
George & Leo
Mild-mannered bookstore owner George's life changes when his daughter-in-law's estranged father, Leo, a magician on the run from mobsters after stealing casino money, seeks refuge in George's spare room. (imdb)