Eh...

Rating: 6/10 (2 July 2004)

First of all, if you have any feelings of political correctness about
you, then you will not like this movie. If you are open minded and
like screwball comedy, then this movie is for you. If you have some
twinges of PC and still like screwball comedies, then you'd be like
I am...feeling a bit ambivalent about this movie.
A word to the wise: stay until after the last credits roll to see
another scene of the movie with Ben Stiller. I covered my eyes and
only peeked through a couple of times...it was raunchy. My
husband? Well, he laughed so hard I thought he'd have to go
running to the bathroom.
One couple in front of us [the PC types???] left after the first five
minutes. And I guarantee you they asked for their money back.

The rest of the sparse crew in the theater stayed for the full monty,
and mostly laughed. Some jokes fell quite flat.
This movie has a ton of jokes in them, one right after the other, and
you really don't get a chance to breathe much less laugh at them
all.
The basic premise of the movie is how an underdog can choose
to rule the day, if they push themselves hard enough and
overcome their own personal demons. I loved that basic story line,
and I think that's why I'd ultimately recommend it. Not highly
recommend it, mind you. I'd recommend either tossing the bucks
away to see it once at the theater, or buying it when it comes out on
DVD if you like screwball comedies.
I gave it a 6 out of 10.