From time to time this movie lost a lot of its strength

Rating: 7/10 (29 July 2005)

I must say that I expected a lot when I heard that this was a movie from the director of the "Naked Gun" and with the creators of "South Park" playing in it. Not that I thought this would be a refined comedy, but I sure hoped to have plenty of laughs with it.
When two losers called Coop and Remer, can't get a girlfriend and see how the athletes and other sports jocks do get all the girls they want, they invent their own game called 'Baseketball'. It's basketball, but with the rules used in baseball. At first they only play it on their drive in front of the garage, but it doesn't take long before the game becomes extremely popular. Along with the help of a billionaire, they soon form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. But it doesn't take long before other owners want to change that golden rule...
Not that it really matters, but there wasn't much of a story to be found in this movie. OK, you see how they invent the new game, get popular and then have to deal with all the problems that that brings, but you can't say that the writers have done a great effort to develop all the characters. It's all too obvious that only they tried to put as many jokes and funny moments in this movie, hoping that that would be enough to carry the movie. And it partially is. From time to time I was almost rolling over the floor with all the weird psyche-out's (making sure that the opponent doesn't score by doing or saying something obscene), but the entire story didn't always work that well, making me sometimes lose interest in the movie.
Overall this isn't a bad movie. The performances were OK, although I don't think that they asked a lot of the capacities of the actors, and it offers some great mindless fun, which from time to time can be a very pleasant experience too. However, I wasn't amused during the entire movie and that's why I give it a 6.5/10.