"I laughed so hard I nearly choked on my popcorn" ...

Rating: Null/10 (7 September 2004)

... as my friend Amy said after seeing this. Yes, it's predictable, yes, the comedy is very slapstick - but duh, that's the whole point! It's like all those TV programmes/films we all watched at kids where it was necessary to win the local random sports contest in order to save the local community centre/hospital/whatever from the evil developers. Like the "Ass-pen" episode of South Park, "Dodgeball" was sending up the whole "do it for Timmy in the hospital!" genre in a sympathetic, well-judged way.
And Ben Stiller's character White is pure comic genius. Wonderful! I would recommend this film to anyone who hasn't had a sense-of-humour bypass.