Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

PG-13

Released Jun 18, 2004

1 hr. 32 min.

Comedy

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71%

167 Reviews

Tomatometer

76%

250,000+ Ratings

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Average Joe's Gym and its owner, Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), are both down on their luck. A fancy competing gym called Globo-Gym, run by the maniacal health nut White Goodman (Ben Stiller), is about to put Average Joe's out of business unless Peter can raise $50,000 to keep his mortgage. To save the gym, Peter and a ragtag group of Average Joe's members and employees enter a dodgeball contest with a big cash prize. In response, White forms his own Globo-Gym team to rout the competition.

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Critics Consensus

Proudly profane and splendidly silly, Dodgeball is a worthy spiritual successor to the goofball comedies of the 1980s.

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Landen B

Very funny underdog story that will make you satisfied in every way.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/24

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Rob O

I have seen it several times now, and it keeps making me smile.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/24

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Mitch C

It's crude and sophomoric. And laugh out loud funny!! Rip Torn as coach Patches O'Houlahan is a scene stealer. "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a dodgeball!" The genre will never win any awards, but within that genre...this is a classic! Must see.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/04/24

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Luke R

This movie is extremely bad. This movie is as corny as the waterboy movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/08/23

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L S

One of my favorites to relax and have a laugh, but nothing really special that makes it stand out.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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Zach T

Funny parody of underdog films.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/04/23

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Rawson Marshall Thurber

Director

Vince Vaughn

Peter LaFleur

Christine Taylor

Kate

Ben Stiller

White Goodman

Rip Torn

Patches O'Houlihan

Justin Long

Justin

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

This masterpiece of modern cinema depends upon a single truism: A guy getting hit in the nuts a hundred times in a row is funny a hundred times.

Rated: 4/4

Aug 14, 2007

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Nev Pierce

BBC.com

Crude, daft and hilarious, Dodgeball is the best mainstream American comedy in years.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 31, 2004

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Empire Magazine

Watching people being hit in the balls has never been so much fun.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 28, 2004

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

We need more studio comedies where Stephen Root is a lead cast member.

Jun 9, 2022

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

a few lapses aside, Dodgeball has its heart in the right place when it comes to embracing a team of lovable misfits overcoming ridiculous odds

Rated: 3/5

Mar 2, 2022

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Kate Robertson

Stuff.co.nz

It's laugh-a-minute comedy at it's finest. What could be better?

Sep 3, 2021

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Synopsis

Average Joe's Gym and its owner, Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), are both down on their luck. A fancy competing gym called Globo-Gym, run by the maniacal health nut White Goodman (Ben Stiller), is about to put Average Joe's out of business unless Peter can raise $50,000 to keep his mortgage. To save the gym, Peter and a ragtag group of Average Joe's members and employees enter a dodgeball contest with a big cash prize. In response, White forms his own Globo-Gym team to rout the competition.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Executive Producer: Mary McLaglen, Rhoades Rader
Screenwriter: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Red Hour Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Rude Humor|Language|Sexual Humor)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 18, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $114.3M
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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