Hilarious comedy, but with a message

Rating: 10/10 (24 April 2007)

This movie is hilarious. Also, this movie is a great spoof on professional sports, especially the self-centered narcissism that is the trademark of the sport establishment. Scene after scene parody the pettiness and ridiculousness of today's professional athlete and the fans who follow them. Fairplay and honest dealing are out the window as the characters in this movie do the most outrageous things to undercut and discredit their opponents and win at any cost. What makes this movie even more remarkable is that it successfully mocks the self-centered pomposity of professional sports and the phoniness that makes it difficult to take professional sports seriously anymore.
Some further comments. This movie highlights the fundamental pettiness that characterizes professional sports today and how talented and highly trained athletes are reduced to the level of buffoons for purely commercial reasons. It is the buffoonery that produces the humor, but it is a buffoonery that has some basis in historical fact which calls to question the integrity of professional sports. Rivalries are nothing new in the world of sports, but the question is: why have rivalries? What ever happened to the maxim: "It's not if you win or lose, it's how you play the game?"