Better than Zoolander.... but that's not hard to beat!

Rating: 6/10 (18 October 2004)

Vince Vaughn plays Peter Le Fleur, the owner of the struggling 'Average Joes' gymnasium. But across the road is the huge Global Gym, owned by White Goodman (Stiller) who intends to buy Average Joes and demolish it, unless they can come up with the $50,000 required to pay out the mortgage. The misfits from Average Joes enter the national dodgeball competition to win $50,000 however Global Gym enters a team to knock them off.
Like Stiller's other quirky comedy roles, there is some very silly dialog that is humorous, but the majority of the humour involves the games of dodgeball. While the underdog theme is common, it's the twisted stupidity of Stiller's character and the involvement of dodgeball that makes the movie good.