Dodgeball

Year: 2004

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Thurber

Review

actually a bit better than i remembered it being. vaughn and stiller are both good, as is rip torn in a supporting role. the thing that makes it work is how self-referential and free-wheeling the writing is combined with a cast that executes it fairly well. certainly not a top tier comedy, but good enough to pass the time and generate a range of laughs (from chuckles to full-bodied laughs, from gutter humor to more cerebral stuff like the “deus ex machina” being printed on the treasure chest at the end).