I laughed so hard it hurt

Rating: 9/10 (30 August 2005)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is simply hilarious. The film stars Vince Vaughn as Peter La Fluer, the owner of Average Joe's Gym. Peter's gym is, however, is going under and being bought there next door neighbor, Global Gym. In charge of Global Gym is health freak White Goodman (Ben Stiller) who has sought only to buy Average Gym. Along with Peter are his good friends Gordon, Owen, Justin, Dwight, and Steve the Pirate who are all determined to save the gym.
Seeing it as there last option, they enter a dodge ball tournament in Las Vegas. The dodge ball scenes are all hilarious from Pack 417 to the Break Dancing Dodgeball team I was crying it was so funny. Vince Vaughn is funny and is able to bring the sense of a man being down on his luck while being funny at the same time. However, Ben Stiller takes the movie into the hilarious film it is. Being so determined to one-up Peter, Ben Stiller makes no sense in what he says and what he does, I fell out of my seat laughing watching the bar scene. Rip Torn, as there coach is probably the second best only to Stiller. With such great scenes as the wrench dodging scene, you'll find it impossible not to laugh.
Christine Taylor is also in the film as the only female dodge ball player on Average Joe's. She isn't exactly funny but she does bring some quality acting. What was so surprising to me, though, was the way the writer was able to write so much simple comedy and make it absolutely hilarious. The cameos are over the top with appearances by Lance Armstrong, Chuck Norris, David Hasselhof, and William Shatner and make the movie even more silly.
But no matter how silly, how stupid it got it continued to be funny and passed a good hour and a half.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Christine Taylor, and Alan Tudyk.
4 1/2 out of 5 Stars.