Cool, Smooth, Unpretentious Entertainment

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2004)

The trouble with slapstick comedy is that too often it aims too low, with loud obnoxious characters and shallow jokes. The neat thing about Dodgeball is that it aims for the middle and scores a direct hit.
This is slapstick comedy that manages to be cool, modern and hip at the same time. There's a certain smoothness to the movie -- it never drags, never gets obnoxious, and has some fun little character development twists to keep it all interesting.
It's hard to be critical about Dodgeball because it clearly was never meant to taken for anything except as entertainment. Want a well-paced summer drive-in movie? This is it.