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Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2004)

No other word can describe this movie. I was laughing from start to finish!
This is the kind of wacky sports comedy that "Baseketball" aspired to be, but failed miserably. It helps that the cast is first-rate. Ben Stiller gives what quite possibly may be his funniest performance yet! He's a genuinely versatile comedic actor, yet he seems to be stuck playing the shy, bumbling boyfriend in his most recent work. Just his look alone in this movie, with the handlebar moustache, will make you crack up. And Vince Vaughn is an underrated actor whose straight, deadpan delivery makes the jokes even funnier. There are plenty of hilarious gags that are still making me laugh just thinking about them. For example, the one where Rip Torn (who wonderfully plays a veteran of the dodge ball game) talks about drinking his own urine. You can classify a multitude of cameos as a cheap shot, but who cares? It's still entertaining. The cameos include everyone from David Hasselhoff to William Shatner to Chuck Norris. Since their names appear in the cast list, there's no use keeping their cameos a secret, but I won't give away where they appear. There's a gratuitous car wash montage involving beautiful girls in bikinis, and a dance number with bikini-clad dodge ball cheerleaders. So the movie is entertaining in all regards. If you're in the mood to laugh and laugh hard, "Dodgeball" is the movie to see.
There's some pretty low-brow stuff, yet it's not so low-brow that you feel like your intelligence is insulted. (8 out of 10)