Zachary FenellReview: Dodgeball- A True Underdog Story (2004)
March 12th 2010 21:38
Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller take center stage in “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”, a film about two rival gym owners. Vince Vaughn plays Peter La Fleur, a champion of the average person. La Fleur’s gym, Average Joes, has the exact opposite philosophy of White Goodman’s gym, Globo Gym. Goodman, portrayed by Ben Stiller, is an arrogant individual who looks down on everyone else. The plot involves Goodman wanting to buyout La Fleur’s gym, which has substantial financial problems. The only way La Fleur and his gym members can raise the money they need to solve their financial problems, while avoiding Goodman’s jerkiness, is to win the International Dodgeball Open Tournament.
“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” proves to be comedy at its best. As long as you have a pretty relaxed sense of humor, you should enjoy this movie. For example, one possibly offensive line in the film includes “It’s like watching retards hump a doorknob.” As long as lines like that don’t bother you, you will like “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.”
“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” has so many memorable parts, I honestly don’t know where to begin. The dodgeball tournament gets broadcasted on ESPN 8, “The Ocho,” with brilliant insight such as “It’s unbelievable. I can’t believe it” coming from color commentator Pepper Brooks (Jason Bateman). The Average Joes team gets mentored by dodgeball great, Patches O’Houlihan (Rip Torn), who’s training philosophy involves the idea “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” Ben Stiller is at his best in the film with lines like “Nobody makes me bleed my own blood” and “Here at Globo Gym, we understand that ‘Ugliness’ and ‘Fatness’ are genetic disorders.”
In addition to the comedy, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” has a few surprise guest appearances, including Lance Armstrong and Chuck Norris. Overall, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” should be watched, if not a part of the movie collection, of all comedy fans (with the exception of those who easily get offended).
“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” proves to be comedy at its best. As long as you have a pretty relaxed sense of humor, you should enjoy this movie. For example, one possibly offensive line in the film includes “It’s like watching retards hump a doorknob.” As long as lines like that don’t bother you, you will like “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.”
“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” has so many memorable parts, I honestly don’t know where to begin. The dodgeball tournament gets broadcasted on ESPN 8, “The Ocho,” with brilliant insight such as “It’s unbelievable. I can’t believe it” coming from color commentator Pepper Brooks (Jason Bateman). The Average Joes team gets mentored by dodgeball great, Patches O’Houlihan (Rip Torn), who’s training philosophy involves the idea “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” Ben Stiller is at his best in the film with lines like “Nobody makes me bleed my own blood” and “Here at Globo Gym, we understand that ‘Ugliness’ and ‘Fatness’ are genetic disorders.”
In addition to the comedy, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” has a few surprise guest appearances, including Lance Armstrong and Chuck Norris. Overall, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” should be watched, if not a part of the movie collection, of all comedy fans (with the exception of those who easily get offended).
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