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Gary Cole

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Kevin Porter

Brandon Molale

Suzy Nakamura

Lori Beth Denberg

Julia Ensign

David Boyd

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Tate Chalk

Jordyn Colemon

Hayley Rosales

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Earl Schuman

Robert 'Duckie' Carpenter

Tony Daly

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Jim Cody Williams

Douglas Grimes

Scarlett Chorvat

Matt Levin

Rawson Marshall Thurber

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Tim Soergel

Andy Chanley

Candice Michelle

Stuart Cornfeld

Mary McLaglen

Rhoades Rader

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Jerzy Zieliński

Alan Baumgarten

Peter Teschner

Matt Norklun

Craig Kuehne

Michelle Boehle

Juel Bestrop

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Lloyd Ahern II

Benjamin Nowicki

Victoria Ruskin

Joe Griffith

Ryan Murray

Grant Samson

Christian Kastner

Mike Boudreau

Michael Glynn

Darrell Woodard

Tricia Ronten

Susan Fitz-Simon

Joe Bucaro III

Greg Fitzpatrick

Eddie Braun

Nathan Castle

Arnold Chon

Hubie Kerns Jr.

Steven Lambert

Maher Ahmad

Gene Serdena

Linda D. Flowers

Douglas Noe

Deborah Ann Piper

George H. Anderson

Steve Cantamessa

Matthew T. Duncan

Jason W. Jennings

Scott La Rue

Cherie Tamai

Ryan Beadle

John Coats

Nina Kawasaki

Sean Kennedy

Lori C. Miller

Tracy Bennett

John S. Campbell

Tom Fox

James Goldman

Rob J. Greenlea

Art Martin

Glenn E. Moran

David L. Parrish

Joel A. Ruiz

Mark Sadler

Scott Sprague

Marisa Aboitiz

Fran Allgood

Lois DeArmond

Pete Anthony

George Drakoulias

Chris Fogel

Stephanie Lowry

Bill Talbott

Michael Altman

Paulette Dauber

Caleb Duffy

Dusty Dukatz

Eric Hedayat

Ket Lamb

Thomas Longo

Eartha Robinson

Phil Scalisi

Marijan 'Mario' Zoric

Stan Purdy

Todd C. Guzze

Andrew Max Cahn

Carol Ramsey

Monica Levinson

Deborah Liebling

Bryan Belair

Gloria Ciraolo

Gregory Diggins

Austin Gorg

Steve Salazar

Gary D'Amico

Werner Hahnlein

Ken Tarallo

Alex Daniels

Joey Box

Vince Filippone

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Kristine McPherson

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Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

I forgot how well this movie holds up.  Now, I'm not a fan of Vince Vaughn or Ben Stiller (most of the time), but, being objective, this is a pretty funny movie with a good plot to it.  It has problems besides casting, but most of those are over in a blink and we're back to the movie.

This is a movie that leans on ridiculous humor, and everyone pretty much stays in their lane with quirks and motivations, and while the abuse humor of Justin Long pushes my boundaries of entertainment, Vaughn's lazy character work breaks it.  I'd say it was a problem with the writing, but the delivery is sloppy even for someone playing a lazy character: the character is someone who knows what needs to get done and can't be bothered to do work, not someone who is too lazy to do what he can do.  

Ben Stiller is over the top, but that's a combination of how the character is written and Stiller's delivery: I clearly don't like the character concept, but without him being an overly nice / secretly evil guy, I'm don't have a real suggestion there.

I'm sure you can make similar arguments for any given character, but the movie is actually so well produced, overall well written, and the performances are funny enough to distract from "problems" that if you just relax and watch this movie, you'll probably be laughing all the way up to "My Milkshake By's All the Boys to the Yard".

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**Dodgeball knows it’s a ludicrous nonsensical laugh fest and embraces all its ridiculous charm to become one of the best sports comedies of all time.**

Dodgeball is one of the funniest, most outrageous movies in existence and is one of my favorite comedies (and sports movies?) of all time! This movie just had every actor in their sweet spot. White Goodman is peak Ben Stiller. Vaughn, Long, and Taylor each feel at home in their roles, and Alan Tudyk’s Steve the Pirate steals the scene every time. Each and every moment of this movie is zany, goofy, and insane, making Dodgeball a quintessential 2000s comedy. Dodgeball gifts the world with hilarious lines to be quoted repeatedly, Chuck Norris gifs, and laughs that keep going long after the movie ends. Plenty of people might disagree, but Dodgeball will forever be one of the best movies of the 2000s and maybe eternity… ok, let’s stick with the 2000s.

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Ben Stiller's "Goodman" is the epitome of a big time corporate America obsessed with keeping the country fit. "Peter" (Vince Vaughn) is pretty much the opposite as his small time local gym is on the brink of collapse. If he can't find $50,000 in double quick time then it's curtains. The only way they can maybe raise the money is to win a dodgeball tournament but when "Goodman" discovers this plucky plan, he establishes a team of his own and battle lines are drawn. Of course one team has unlimited resources whilst the other can barely afford to turn the lights on. They do have a secret weapon though - and that's the legendary "Patches O'Houlihan" (Rip Torn) who agrees to come and turn his enthusiastic collection of misfits into a cohesive and winning unit. Now there's not the least jeopardy here: it's just a rehash of the David and Goliath story with some dangerous looking ball skills thrown in. Fans of Stiller will probably love it, but I never really was one of those. I found his style of comedy way too in-your-face and not in the least subtle and after a few games with this big red weapon of body-mass destruction, I got a bit bored. It's tempered with a tiny bit of romance thanks to "Kate" (Christine Taylor) who'd also like to see "Goodman" with some egg on his face but the predictability of the whole film made it quite a long ninety minutes for me with Vaughn adding little to enliven the proceedings. It's very quickly paced and is obviously trying to be screwball but once we've met the characters it just becomes too processional. Nah.

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Written by Kamurai on Tue Sep 15 2020

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