IMDb plot summary: A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, and Rip Torn.
Ugh. OK, I chuckled once or twice (the verbal sparring between Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn had some clever lines, and I liked the concept that one of the kids in the team didn't remember the pirate) but that was about it, and it was way overwhelmed by the cringey-ness of the rest of it. Particularly its treatment of the three female characters. Having your male and female leads and start off with him immediately undercutting her professionalism with creepy remarks about her body is not a good way to make me root for that character. Like it seems like a small thing but this movie is just infested with the idea that women are either trophies to be won (alllllmost subverted nicely at the end but then, no, he had to get the girl after all) or a punchline about how funny it is when women are unattractive. If the rest of the movie were funnier, it could compensate better for this fatal flaw, but as it is... egh.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Dodgeball < Captain Fantastic
Dodgeball < Twist of Faith
Dodgeball < Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Dodgeball > Men in Black II
Dodgeball > Hollywoodland
Dodgeball > Chicken Little
Dodgeball > Keith
Dodgeball > Cold Mountain
Dodgeball < Stuart Little 2
Dodgeball < The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Dodgeball > Love in the Afternoon
Final spot: #2501 out of 2847.
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