This movie is funny

Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2008)

If you don't think this movie is funny, then you should rush to Emergency and get that great big stiff stick removed from your ass. Unlike the incredibly boring Dodgeball, this movie plays farce the whole way. It's over the top to a perfect degree, with no pretensions.
How could you not love Christopher Walken in his mandarin emperor get up... or James Hong parodying James Hong? Or the huge conceit of ping-pong played as a a last-man-standing martial arts contest. And what a mercy to be spared Jack Black's histrionics or Will Ferrell's "I'm a cute puppy" brand of comedic acting. I'll take Dan Fogler, please.
By the way, I was fascinated by the special-effects ping-pong play, which looked so real in some instances and so phony in others.
Go see it. Let go of your expectations and have a good laugh.