A movie so horrible, it is only eclipsed in stupidity by future "Happy Madison" titles

Rating: 1/10 (16 June 2008)

Few words can accurately describe this film,
And most of them would be censored if I were to type them out.
I went to see this film against my better judgment, at the behest of a friend who assured me that yes, it was going to be stupid, but that quote "a mindless laugh is good every once and awhile."
He couldn't have been more wrong. I don't want to sound pretentious, I in fact, do enjoy mindless laughs when they are appropriate. But "The Benchwarmers" does not provide such pleasure
The overstated humor of "The Benchwarmers" is not mindless, but mind-sucking, annihilating brain cells at will.
It is full of the now run of the mill jokes typical of Happy Madison, endless anatomical references, it overflows with sexual innuendo, and relies almost entirely on the the stupidity of the dialog spoken by Heder and Spade, both of which demonstrate their lack of acting talent.
And as expected, it ends with a generic, oversimplified moral, to give the customers some sense of satisfaction.
It fails miserably, instead detracting from its already dwindling status of a comedy. Will you laugh occasionally when watching this movie, yes.
But they will be laughs of pity, at this sorry excuse for a film.
The worst part of it all, is that somehow films like this generate revenue, In fact, "The Benchwarmers" opened at the number two position at the Box Office. This then only encourages more and more deplorable Sandler/Dugan collaborations, flooding the market with incessant atrocities. Since this movie, we have had the ultimate displeasure to be bombarded by "I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry", and "You Don't Mess With the Zohan." With every fiber of my being, I discourage all of you from watching any of these movies. The cheap laughs that are gained are nowhere near enough to make up for the loss of intelligence and dignity you will suffer from paying for such mass-market garbage.
Save yourselves