It just failed in its delivery

Rating: Null/10 (10 March 2007)

I don't agree with bashing a movie for the sake of bashing. Our society is becoming too quick to judge and less quick to forgive.
Good points of 'The Benchwarmers':
1) Lack of profanity
I'm truly getting weary and tired of the overt profanity in comedies (anyone see '40-Year Old Virgin' uncut?). NO ONE who is mature swears as much as the characters in these 'R' rated comedies. It's as if the writer thought he would make the film 'edgier' with the 'F' word and less with creativity. The Benchwarmers was REFRESHING in that it didn't resort to these idiotic curse words.
Bad points of 'The Benchwarmers'
1) The idea of 3 guys against a bunch of kids didn't sell at all - if only Spade, Heder, and Rob had coached a bunch of geeks, that would have brought everything back to reality and you have had a much better movie;
2) More set up was needed about Rob being a bully - I would have made this film less of a stupid comedy and more of a romantic comedy in the vein of Jerry Maguire - you would have had a much, much better result.
3) The best Happy Madison movies came from guys who are not part of this camp - Anger Management and 50 First Dates were all terrific movies that were bought on spec. Sometimes friendship must take a backstage to the feelings of a million movie-goers who want something more.