What is "kicking and screaming"

adv. With extreme reluctance.

Kicking and Screaming is a 1995 film by Noah Baumbach about a group of college graduates who refuse to move on with their lives, each in his own peculiar way. The film stars Josh Hamilton, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, and features Eric Stoltz, Olivia d'Abo and Parker Posey. Much of the film was shot at Occidental College.

Jason Blum, Baumbach's college roommate and who was producing a film for the first time, obtained financing after receiving a letter from family acquaintance Steve Martin endorsing the script. Blum attached the letter to copies of the script he sent around Hollywood. The film premiered in 1995 at the New York Film Festival to critical acclaim. Baumbach was chosen as one of Newsweeks "Ten New Faces of 1996". The film appeared in several "Top Ten" lists, and had a lengthy run playing on the Sundance Film Channel. The Criterion Collection DVD was released August 22, 2006 in the U.S.

Kicking and Screaming may refer to:

• Kicking & Screaming (2005 film), starring Will Ferrell
• Kicking and Screaming (1995 film), by Noah Baumbach, starring Josh Hamilton
• Kicking & Screaming (The Acro-Brats album), 2003
• Kicking & Screaming (Sebastian Bach album)
• "Kicking and Screaming" (song), by Funeral For A Friend
• "Kicking and Screaming", a song by The Presets on the album Apocalypso
• "Kicking and Screaming", a song by Ashlee Simpson on the album I Am Me, covered by Miley Cyrus
• "Kickin' and Screamin'", a song by Garth Brooks on the album In Pieces
• Kickin' and Screamin', an album by rapper Krizz Kaliko

"Kicking and Screaming" is a song by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend, the song was released as the second single from their fourth album, Memory and Humanity, released on 28 September 2008. A video for the single directed by Nicholas (Nick) Bartleet and cinematographed by Eric Maddison made its debut on 9 August 2008.The song is Funeral for a Friend's lowest ever charting single, debuting at #116 in the UK, when all other singles reached the top 40, although Rules and Games failed to even make the top 200 in 2009. Unlike most of the other songs on the album, Kicking and Screaming is leaned towards a much more alternative rock sound.