Cute sophomoric silliness

Rating: 4/10 (21 October 2006)

I've been a big fan of Vince Vaughn's ever since he portrayed the psycho cowboy in Clay Pigeons with Joaquin Phoenix. I also loved his character in Swingers and Made playing alongside Jon Favreau. So I gave this movie a chance but was extremely disappointed. Not with Vaughn, but with the plot and with Ben Stiller. Stiller wasn't so bad in Something About Mary or in the two family movies (Meet the Parents/Meet the Fockers) but after Dodgeball I swear, I'm never watching another Stiller movie unless it's for free and I'm bored to tears.
Stiller's character is so over-the-top it stops being funny after the first couple of scenes. The plot is as old as the hills. It just didn't work for me.