Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |  | Category: DVD
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Rating:  304 reviews
Sales Rank: 185283
Format: NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
UPC: 024543152729
EAN: 0024543152729
ASIN: B00065HKE8
Theatrical Release Date: June 18, 2004
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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 Vaughan) faces foreclosure unless he can raise $50,000 in 30 days. The solution: A dodgeball tournament offering $50K to the winners, in which Vaughan 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, Vaughan, 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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You'll dodge, duck, dip, dive. . . and laugh out loud watching Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller settle their differences in a winner-take-all dodgeball competition. Under the painful tutelage of legendary ADAA champ, Patches O'Houlihan (Rip Torn), Peter LaFleur (Vaughn) and his Average Joes take on the Purple Cobras, led by egomaniacal fitness guru, White Goodman (Stiller). It's an over-the-top underdog tale filled with hilarious sight gags and balls-out fun!
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 Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (Full Screen Edition) February 23, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Peter LaFleur is a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe's. The facility's ecclectic clientele of decidedly less-than-average Joes is comprised of: a self-styled pirate; a scrawny nerd who dreams of impressing an unattainable cheerleader; an obsessive aficionado of obscure sports; a dim-witted young man; and a cocky know-it-all who, of course, really knows nothing. Peter's humble gym catches the eye of White Goodman, the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness. White intends to take over Average Joe's, and Peter's non-existent bookkeeping is making it all too easy for him. A foreclosing bank has stationed attorney Kate Veatch inside Average Joe's to finalize Globo's takeover of the gym. But Peter's boyish charms win her over and Kate joins his team of social rejects to beat the odds, and their own ineptitude,to try to save Average Joe's. By having a showdown dodgeball competition against Globo Gym. From the supporting cast and the cameo's everyone does a top notch job. It's stupid, sure, but it's so hilarious, you don't care. I could not stop laughing. There are so many jokes in this movie, you don't even have a chance to rest before the next one comes along. This is a comedy, a comedy meant to entertain.
HILARIOUS! VAUGHN IS A COMIC GENIUS! February 17, 2010
Parker J. Bena (Jefferson City, MO)
This is definitely one movie I never get tired of. Vince Vaughn is at his comic best as the owner of Average Joe's Gym. He and Ben Stiller (another comic genius) are polar oposites in this movie and it works.....well. This movie was an excellent example of what an ensemble comedy should be. The "Mongrel Race that comprised Average Joe's membership" worked really well together. I thought Joel David Moore was funny as dim-witted Owen who finally finds love with Romanovian dodgeball star, Fran. Rip Torn as aged Dodgeball legend Patches O'Houllihan? Also hilarious. Maybe they ought to make a "Gee, I'm sorry your dodgeball coach just crushed by two tons of irony" Hallmark Card. Justin Long (the "I'm a Mac" guy) was great in his breakthrough role as Justin - "the Teenage Love Puppy". The on-screen chemistry between Vince Vaughn and Christine Taylor was so good and so convincing that, if you didn't know it already, you wouldn't think she was Ben Stiller's wife in real life. Stephen Root was funny as nerdy Gordon who goes from milquetoast to mighty man during the Semi Finals when he sees his internet wife being hit on by another guy. Chris Williams (Vanessa's brother) was good as Dwight. Alan Tudyk was possibly the funniest of all the ensemble characters as "Steve the Pirate". I would highly recommend this movie to anyone. It will become a comedy classic.
Who would have thought a sport could be played with such hilarity? October 8, 2009
Eric S. Kim (Southern California)
The fact is, this movie is hilarious. I never expected this to be very funny when I started watching it. The sight gags really work, and the same is said for the humor itself (even though some of it involves people repeatedly getting hit by something). Vaughan, Stiller, Torn, and the rest of the cast really give hysterical performances. But why the four stars? Well, the only flaw here is that certain scenes do seem to slow the film down. But that's about it. The rest of the film is very good. It's a comedy that people with a real sense of humor will enjoy.
 How Many Jokes About "Balls" Can Be Made In 90 Minutes? July 17, 2009
Zachary Koenig (Fergus Falls, MN)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Basically, my thoughts about this movie can be summed up in the title of this review. A family member of mine got this movie as a gift last Christmas, and just recently I was in a "comedy" mood and gave it a viewing. By the end of the film, though, the only person I was laughing at was myself for sitting through the whole thing.
The problems with this film are numerous: The jokes rely way too much on crude humor, they often aren't even funny in that area, and the goal of the film (to combine comedy with an even somewhat compelling storyline) is not even close to realized. About the only positive impact this movie had on society was to get people playing the game of dodgeball once again. Yet, it was no thanks to the jokes in this movie...just the base subject matter.
Thus, if you are looking for 90 minutes of laughter, please look elsewhere. Only a couple of decently funny scenarios kept this movie away from a bottom-of-the-barrel one star rating, and a "1.5 stars" would have been the optimal rating. Fans of Ben Stiller will find Zoolander to offer more genuine laughs, while others may want to steer clear of this entire comedy genre altogether.
An Awesome Film!!! July 7, 2009
Pumpkin Man
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very funny film about a laid-back guy named Peter LaFleur, who is about to lose his decaying gym called Average Joe's because the gym across the street, Globo-Gym owned by White Goodman is a lot better. Peter and his friends must raise $50,000 in 30 days in order to redeem the gym, or White will foreclose on it and turn it into a parking lot. The Average Joe's decide to become a dodgeball team, and the winner gets $50,000. Will the Average Joe's beat White's team and win the money? I highly recommend DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY!!!
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