Stupid Humor is Fine, But...

Rating: 1/10 (7 July 2004)

...this is ridiculous. I have no problem with so-dumb-it's-funny humor (love Steve Martin), and it's extremely rare that I find any joke at all offensive (love Sam Kinison). Somehow, I found this film beyond stupid (even after 3 beers) and often squirmingly offensive (the stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans - of which my date was one - were not only insulting, but committed the equal sin of not even being funny). Of course you go to a movie called "Dodgeball" with low expectations, but it managed to miss even the lowest. Have you ever been in a movie and wanted to scream, "When is somebody going to do something funny?! Please?! Anyone?!" Lots of talented actors and a goofily promising premise is wasted in an utterly, completely, totally dreadful script that could well have been written by a thirteen-year old of below-average intelligence. No offense intended to anyone who liked this film. And maybe it just caught me on the wrong night. But this is the one time that an IMDb rating (6.8) steered me completely wrong. This is the closest I've ever come to walking out of a movie, and thought you needed to be warned.