Product: Dodgeball/Borat Bonus Preview Disc (2004)
Rating: 5.0
HILARIOUS! VAUGHN IS A COMIC GENIUS!
This is definitely one movie I never get tired of. Vince Vaughn is at his comic best as the owner of Average Joe's Gym. He and Ben Stiller (another comic genius) are polar oposites in this movie and it works.....well. This movie was an excellent example of what an ensemble comedy should be. The "Mongrel Race that comprised Average Joe's membership" worked really well together. I thought Joel David Moore was funny as dim-witted Owen who finally finds love with Romanovian dodgeball star, Fran. Rip Torn as aged Dodgeball legend Patches O'Houllihan? Also hilarious. Maybe they ought to make a "Gee, I'm sorry your dodgeball coach just crushed by two tons of irony" Hallmark Card. Justin Long (the "I'm a Mac" guy) was great in his breakthrough role as Justin - "the Teenage Love Puppy". The on-screen chemistry between Vince Vaughn and Christine Taylor was so good and so convincing that, if you didn't know it already, you wouldn't think she was Ben Stiller's wife in real life. Stephen Root was funny as nerdy Gordon who goes from milquetoast to mighty man during the Semi Finals when he sees his internet wife being hit on by another guy. Chris Williams (Vanessa's brother) was good as Dwight. Alan Tudyk was possibly the funniest of all the ensemble characters as "Steve the Pirate". I would highly recommend this movie to anyone. It will become a comedy classic.