[.ca] Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

From Amazon.com:
How's this for impressive trivia: Dodgeball faced off against The Terminal in opening-weekend competition, and 29-year-old writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber aced Steven Spielberg by a score of $30 to $18.7 in box-office millions. That's no mean feat for a newcomer, but Thurber's lowbrow script and rapid-fire direction--along with a sublime cast of screen comedians--proved to be just what moviegoers were ravenous for: a consistently hilarious, patently formulaic romp in which the underdog owner of Average Joe's Gym (Vince Vaughan) faces foreclosure unless he can raise $50,000 in 30 days. The solution: A dodgeball tournament offering $50K to the winners, in which Vaughan and his nerdy clientele team up against the preening, abhorrently narcissistic owner (Ben Stiller) of Globo Gym, who's threatening a buy-out. That's it for story; any 5-year-old could follow it with brainpower to spare. But Thurber, Vaughan, Stiller, and their well-cast costars (including Stiller's off-screen wife, Christine Taylor) keep the big laughs coming for 96 nonsensical minutes. With spot-on cameos by champion bicyclist Lance Armstrong, David Hasselhoff, Hank Azaria, Chuck Norris, and William Shatner, and a crudely amusing coda for those who watch past the credits, Dodgeball is no masterpiece, but you can bet Spielberg was unexpectedly humbled by its popular appeal. --Jeff Shannon

Lots of laughs:
If you enjoyed the movie Old School, then you will definitely enjoy Dodgeball. Really funny movie that I saw three times in two weeks.

I should have dodged this one.:
Sorry but this movie stunk. Maybe one or two laughs at most. That turd movie "Envy" was funnier than this garbage.

i don't get it:
i honestly don't get the critics,especially those who heap praise on this film,even suggesting it is one of the funniest movies ever.as Chandler Bing("from "Friends")says--could they BE more wrong?most of the so called jokes in this movie are infantile at best.but apparently there's market out there for this brand of humour.this is just my opiinion of course,and everybody has different tastes.all i know is,this movie did not work for me at all.but,since i'm in a generous mood,so i'll give "Dodgeball:A true Underdog Story" 1/5