Get your Game On! Funny, funny, funny!

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2004)

DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (2004) ***1/2
Slapstick laden riotous sports themed comedy with Vaughn as the in-debt owner of a ne'er do-well gym who faces the loss of his business to over-confident successful gym franchise owner doofus Stiller (sporting a severe Swayze mullet and Village People mustache to full comic effect) who threatens to steal away his building which leads to an unlikely grudge match in the form of dodgeball. Vaughn's misfit team may seem cookie cutter from the likes of 'Slap Shot' to 'The Bad News Bears' but has its heart in the right place in spite of its wheelchair bound crusty bastard coach (Torn) prone to wielding heavy wrenches in light of spiritual boosting morale speeches. Frequently on-target send-up of ESPN (here shown as ESPN8 - The Ocho!) and macho stupidity gets a boost in the arm by newcomer filmmaker Rawson Marshall Thurber with some inspired lunacy.