Raunchy, rapid-fire gags and slapstick

Rating: 6/10 (11 November 2018)

I watched this 20 years after its release and, aside from a little racist humor, it holds up reasonably well. Like Airplane and The Naked Gun, the rapid-fire gags ensure that it won't be too long before you laugh at something. Half the jokes miss, of course. But that's ok. The slapstick works well. There are plenty of shots of scantily-clad, buxom females, including a rare, small part by 1990s bombshell Jenny McCarthy that shows off her bod as much as possible in a movie without nudity. Aside from the laughs, I didn't find much to like about this movie. The main characters were a bit cocky and irritating to me. The movie of course featured a lot of sports scenes, as the title implies, but I wasn't captivated by them for some reason. I guess some sports are more photogenic than others. Or maybe the directors lacked the ability to create sports scenes that were exciting. Or maybe they just went on too long. I wouldn't want to ever watch this a second time, which isn't an encouraging sign for a comedy like this. There's a reason this DVD is probably selling for 99 cents at the bottom of a bin near a grocery store checkout counter somewhere.