Socialism and Sagging Story

Rating: 1/10 (26 February 2005)

There were some very funny moments in this movie - but it was ultimately a one-trick pony. The fact that everyone is taking dodgeball so seriously is THE joke of the movie, and it wears thin. I also don't like the blatantly socialist message of this movie. The good guys are the ones who have a crappy gym, and who don't even charge their members to use the gym. The bad guys are the ones from Ben Stiller's gym. Stiller's character says that he built his gym from the ground up - starting from nothing. He built a successful gym with nice facilities. So what is so bad about that, and why does that make him the bad guy? I laughed out loud several times, but I could not ignore the overriding socialist sentiment that pollutes this movie.