Warning: Stupid Movie Alert!

Rating: Null/10 (23 June 2004)

Possible Spoilers?? My movie enjoyment meter registered as Major Disappointment after seeing Dodgeball. This has got to be the most stupid movie I have ever seen. I had seen the trailer and shouldn't have been surprised. It is another Ben Stiller movie where his talent as an actor is overshadowed by sophomoric humor. The theatre was 1/3 full on a typical summer weekday and the only people laughing were the 11 and 12 year olds; the adults just looked embarrassed. Even the YAMs (young adult males) weren't laughing. The gags were old, yeah maybe the wrenches were a little funny (how COULDN'T they dodge the wrenches??), but the rest were just sad.
Alan Tudyk as Steve the Pirate was the brightest spot in the entire movie; his realization that he wasn't a pirate was a classic, right up there with Stan Laurel. I hadn't seen him in anything since "28 Days" and was pleasantly amused at his performance in Dodgeball. The rest of the cast? Forget it. It was clear that none of the rest of the cast had to stretch their acting talents to be in this movie. When is Ben Stiller going to realize that he can leave this type of script on the reject pile? It has gotten to the point where it is a waste of money to see him in a comedy since it is the same thing over and over. Ben, listen up...look up the word "subtle" and try to apply it to your next project. And stop trying to "dumb down" your audience--you have talent, try to use it.