Product: Dodgeball/Borat Bonus Preview Disc (2004)
Rating: 3.0
Nuttier Than A Yuletide Log
DODGEBALL is kind of like passing wind in church; there's disbelief in having done it, and a derived guilty pleasure in getting away with it. So I still scold myself for having seen this movie (several times), yet walk away with a cheshire cat grin. Featuring low-brow Vince Vaughn as the hapless leader of Average Joe's Gym vs. ADD Ben Stiller as Vaughn's Globo-Gym nemesis, DODGEBALL is silly, morbid, redundant, and contrived--yet fun to watch.Vaughn's okay, Stiller bounces off the walls, and Rip Torn and Jason Bateman steal the show: Torn as dodgeball "legend" (and wheelchair-bound) Patches O'Houlihan; Bateman as a clueless TV color commentator on ESPN 8 (gotta love that dig on our culture's infatuation with all things sports). It's a goofball comedy that has its fair share of ribald humor and its fair share of insanity--and all with a plot a toddler could understand--yet DODGEBALL still delivers fun. And, after all, that's what a guilty pleasure does.--D. Mikels, Author, Walk-On