"We're better than you, and you know it!"

Rating: 8/10 (3 October 2004)

The American little guy beats big guy (as long as the big guy isn't America of course!) genre combining with slapstick usually creates something truly stodgy and unfunny.
HOWEVER, this was one of the funniest films I have seen in a long time. We have met each and every character at some point in our lives, and can identify partially with at least one of this amazing group of misfits.
The jokes are continual, often in your face (Ben Stiller with electrodes attached to his nipples fighting the evil of doughnuts (Donuts if you prefer) ), some subtle (comments about the Greek poetess Sapho and the Isle of Lesbos for example), Ben Stiller as the psychotic gym owner trying to take over the world, the inflatible codpiece, the pirate who ended wearing a patch for real, the nerds, cheerleaders, everything all gelled to make this a supremely funny film.
Thank God (and the producers, director, cast, etc etc) for this film.
"We're better than you, and you know it!".