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DVD Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (UMD Mini For PSP)
How's this for impressive trivia: Dodgeball faced off against The Terminal in opening-weekend competition, and 29-year-old writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber aced Steven Spielberg by a score of $30 to $18.7 in box-office millions. That's no mean feat for a newcomer, but Thurber's lowbrow script and rapid-fire direction--along with a sublime cast of screen comedians--proved to be just what moviegoers were ravenous for: a consistently hilarious, patently formulaic romp in which the underdog owner of Average Joe's Gym (Vince Vaughn) faces foreclosure unless he can raise $50,000 in 30 days. The solution: A dodgeball tournament offering $50K to the winners, in which Vaughn and his nerdy clientele team up against the preening, abhorrently narcissistic owner (Ben Stiller) of Globo Gym, who's threatening a buy-out. That's it for story; any 5-year-old could follow it with brainpower to spare. But Thurber, Vaughn, Stiller, and their well-cast costars (including Stiller's off-screen wife, Christine Taylor) keep the big laughs coming for 96 nonsensical minutes. With spot-on cameos by champion bicyclist Lance Armstrong, David Hasselhoff, Hank Azaria, Chuck Norris, and William Shatner, and a crudely amusing coda for those who watch past the credits, Dodgeball is no masterpiece, but you can bet Spielberg was unexpectedly humbled by its popular appeal. --Jeff Shannon
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"Possibly Canadian"
"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!" -- that's a great line! And this is a very funny film. Ben Stiller is perfect in this one -- his unique style of comedy was perfect for the role (I love when the camera comes up to him near the beginning during his commercial, and he turns and says "Oh, hi!"). Vince Vaughn and the rest of the cast are also teriffic here. It's a little crude, a little...violent actually(!), but it's very funny. One of the funnier films I've seen recently.
F'ing Chuck Norris
Ben Stiller plays White Goodman, a pompous gym owner who tries to take over "Average Joe's Gym", currently owned by Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn). The crew at Average Joe's are tight-knit and decide to enter a dodgeball tournament in order to win the $50,000.00 grand prize that will enable Peter to keep the gym open. Patches O'Houlihan then comes along to train the group of hopeless misfits for the tournament.
The best character, of course, is Stiller's White Goodman character. Stiller really nails the role of someone whose ineptitude and artificiality will crack you up. You will love to hate White Goodman.
Vince Vaughn plays off Ben Stiller extremely well, as usual. These two make a hell of a comic duo and I hope to see more from them in the future.
This movie is pretty hilarious and I would certainly recommend it to any Ben Stiller or Vince Vaughn fans. Comedy fans in general will enjoy this film.
It won me over
I laughed at this movie a lot despite my better judgment. Yes, it's an insult to the intelligence. Yes, Ben Stiller can do a lot better, and I truly loved the kind of humor he did on his TV show for Fox back in the early 1990s. But in the final analysis there's something winning about this everything-but-the-kitchen-sink formula of outrageous physical gags, over-the-top characters, and silly situations. By the end of the movie, I found myself cheering for the downtrodden heroes. Jeez, what was I thinking!!!! Don't go in looking for a masterpiece, but be ready to be disarmed, despite your best efforts.
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