Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (Full Screen Edition)
starring: Lance Armstrong, Hank Azaria, Jason Bateman, Gary Cole, Jamal Duff
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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 LaFle
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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 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
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 LaFle
Amazon.com:
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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Customer Reviews
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- Patches O'Houlihan:If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. Justin: What?
i absolutelylLOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this movie i saw it when i was in junior high and it never got old to me, I love this movie. i know everyone likes dodge a wrench you can dodge a dodgeball ball but that's not my fav quote in the movie this is -Peter La Fleur: [after Patches hits Justin in the face with a wrench] Yeah, uh, Patches... are you sure that this is completely necessary?
Patches O'Houlihan: Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine?
Peter La Fleur: Probably ... Read More
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- Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive & Dodge
I also found something interesting during my visit to the Special Features. The first thing that you notice is that the layout of the section is Average Joes and the little scene off to the side is Justin's ever-hilarious attempt to catch Patches's dodge balls during training. However, look next to the balloon that says "resume film". You see a balloon that is Globo Gym's logo. Click it, and you are taken to a scene where the fat White Goodman says that every time he snaps his fingers in the movie, hit ... Read More
Rating: - Funny movie but unplayable in my Blu-Ray dvd player
I won't repeat what many other people who liked this movie have said. That's why I'm giving it 5 stars. What I will mention is the fact that as soon as I put this Blu-ray movie in my Blu-Ray player, the menu loaded fine but selecting "play movie", "scene selection", or "special features" I was greeted with a blank tv scene. It wouldn't play at all no matter how long I waited or repeatedly tried to reload the disc.
Rating: 
- Weakest Link is the Star
I saw this movie on an airplane, flying New York to Sao Paulo.A long flight, so I was ready for something lame to pass the time.
I got it:something lame.
Ben Stiller is the stupidest part of this movie:He doesn't deliver much comedy.He's a Johnny One-Note who made me tired after his first 30 seconds.
The rest of the movie was passable.I would have given it 3 stars for being a pleasant way to survive a 10-hour, cramped and crowded flight.
But ... Read More
Rating: 
- Nuttier Than A Yuletide Log
DODGEBALL is kind of like passing wind in church; there's disbelief in having done it, and a derived guilty pleasure in getting away with it.So I still scold myself for having seen this movie (several times), yet walk away with a cheshire cat grin.Featuring low-brow Vince Vaughn as the hapless leader of Average Joe's Gym vs. ADD Ben Stiller as Vaughn's Globo-Gym nemesis, DODGEBALL is silly, morbid, redundant, and contrived--yet fun to watch.
Vaughn's okay, Stiller bounces off the walls, and ... Read More
- Patches O'Houlihan:If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. Justin: What?i absolutelylLOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this movie i saw it when i was in junior high and it never got old to me, I love this movie. i know everyone likes dodge a wrench you can dodge a dodgeball ball but that's not my fav quote in the movie this is -Peter La Fleur: [after Patches hits Justin in the face with a wrench] Yeah, uh, Patches... are you sure that this is completely necessary?
Patches O'Houlihan: Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine?
Peter La Fleur: Probably ... Read More
- Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive & DodgeI also found something interesting during my visit to the Special Features. The first thing that you notice is that the layout of the section is Average Joes and the little scene off to the side is Justin's ever-hilarious attempt to catch Patches's dodge balls during training. However, look next to the balloon that says "resume film". You see a balloon that is Globo Gym's logo. Click it, and you are taken to a scene where the fat White Goodman says that every time he snaps his fingers in the movie, hit ... Read More
- Funny movie but unplayable in my Blu-Ray dvd playerI won't repeat what many other people who liked this movie have said. That's why I'm giving it 5 stars. What I will mention is the fact that as soon as I put this Blu-ray movie in my Blu-Ray player, the menu loaded fine but selecting "play movie", "scene selection", or "special features" I was greeted with a blank tv scene. It wouldn't play at all no matter how long I waited or repeatedly tried to reload the disc.
- Weakest Link is the StarI saw this movie on an airplane, flying New York to Sao Paulo.A long flight, so I was ready for something lame to pass the time.
I got it:something lame.
Ben Stiller is the stupidest part of this movie:He doesn't deliver much comedy.He's a Johnny One-Note who made me tired after his first 30 seconds.
The rest of the movie was passable.I would have given it 3 stars for being a pleasant way to survive a 10-hour, cramped and crowded flight.
But ... Read More
- Nuttier Than A Yuletide LogDODGEBALL is kind of like passing wind in church; there's disbelief in having done it, and a derived guilty pleasure in getting away with it.So I still scold myself for having seen this movie (several times), yet walk away with a cheshire cat grin.Featuring low-brow Vince Vaughn as the hapless leader of Average Joe's Gym vs. ADD Ben Stiller as Vaughn's Globo-Gym nemesis, DODGEBALL is silly, morbid, redundant, and contrived--yet fun to watch.
Vaughn's okay, Stiller bounces off the walls, and ... Read More
