Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Movie Review 2004

Likable, easygoing schmoe (Vaughn) runs a gym for underachievers in direct competition with big box fitness fascist (Stiller) across the street. Stiller finds a way to expose Vaughn's financial failings to put him out of business. Vaughn enlists aid of his misfit patrons to win the pot of a professional dodgeball tournament--but they must beat Stiller's elite team first. Slobs vs. snobs comedy in the "Caddyshack/Meatballs" tradition, with plenty of crotch-crunching and boob humor. Don't miss Torn's crusty coach, who hurls wrenches as training. Nothing too original, but should please the frat crowd. Cameos by William Shatner, Lance Armstrong, David Hasselhoff, and Chuck Norris.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sports Comedies, Viva Las Vegas!, Slob Comedy, Top Grossing Films of 2004

Screenplay

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Cast

Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Jason Bateman, Gary Cole, Missi Pyle, Stephen (Steve) Root, William Shatner, Rip Torn, Hank Azaria, Chris(topher) Williams, Alan Tudyk, David Hasselhoff

Cinematography

Jerzy Zielinski, Theodore Shapiro

Director

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Music

Theodore Shapiro

Other

Chuck Norris, Lance Armstrong, Steve Camtamessa, George Drakoulias, Alan Baumgarten, Andrew Max Cahn, Carol Ramsey, Maher Ahmad

Producer

Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld, Red Hour, 20th Century-Fox