Synopsis
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.
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Cast
- Vince VaughnPeter La Fleur
- Christine TaylorKate Veatch
- Ben StillerWhite Goodman
- Rip TornPatches O'Houlihan
- Justin LongJustin
- Stephen RootGordon
- Joel David MooreOwen
- Chris WilliamsDwight
- Alan TudykSteve the Pirate
- Missi PyleFran Stalinovskovichdaviddivichski
Recommendations
- 88
Premiere
Take it from someone who can still feel the hollow rubber tang! of old dodgeball scars: It feels great to be blindsided by a little movie like this. - 75
ReelViews
A blistering satire of feel-good sports movies, this film makes its mark via the most direct route: it lampoons by adopting the tried-and-true "straight" formula and tweaking it a little. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It may not be original, but it's often shamelessly funny and more clever than I expected. Not much, mind you, but enough to catch me off guard with a few surprise throws. - 63
USA Today
Coach Torn adds to a palpably violent undertone by heaving wrenches at their heads and crotches, making The Three Stooges' poking and slapping look downright tame. - 50
Charlotte Observer
The movie veers from cleverness to crass stupidity. You can never tell whether the next scene will induce loud laughter or contempt; for me, Dodgeball divided right down the middle. - 50
Miami Herald
In Dodgeball, Vaughn is stuck playing the straight man to a collection of stooges, and he looks utterly bored doing it. - 40
L.A. Weekly
For a while, Vaughn's slobbo guy charm and Stiller's creepy Flash Gordon aesthetic are amusing, but it isn't long before Vaughn looks like a Bill Murray disciple trapped among circus freaks, and Stiller runs out of weirdo tricks. - 38
Chicago Tribune
Stiller, a DodgeBall producer, is revealing an unfortunate craving for the cheese of his childhood.
