Dodgeball

Now I'm going to review Dodgeball, a comedy that takes a light view of the cliché underdog story. It's about Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) who runs a failing gym that all the stereotypical freaks and weirdos go to. A lawyer comes in to tell them that they need to pay up $50,000 by the end of the month or they're outta there. After many failed ideas and discovering that White Goodman (Ben Stiller) owner of Globo Gym has bought them out they decide to try out for the Las Vegas Dodgeball tournament with a $50,000 cash prize. They enter the regional heat against girl scouts and win by default, afterwards someone who was watching them offers to coach them; it turns out to be world dodgeball champion Patches O'Houlihan (Rip Torn). He coaches them by throwing wrenches at them and making them run across the road, they also get the lawyer from earlier Kate Veach (Christine Taylor) on their team. They get there and manage to make it to the final but Patches dies and Peter leaves, Steve (Alan Tudyk) contemplates whether or not he is a pirate and Justin (Justin Long) competes in the cheer leading championship. They forfeit and just before the title is handed to Globo Gym, everyone returns. The judges decide the tournament can still go on and after a hard fought battle the match goes to sudden death where Peter blindfolds himself, dodges White's throw and wins. It is revealed that Peter sold his gym, betted it on them to win won $5 million and spent it on stock for Globo Gym so technically he owns it.

Peter

This is the classic underdog story, it's funny and shallow so it's very easy to understand and you can watch it many times over and still find it funny, I wouldn't call the acting wonderful but the stand-out is Rip Torn as the insane, wheelchair-bound dodgeball coach. It's not mandatory to watch but is funny and has a certain bizarre charm.

Patches

White

Verdict: 7/10