Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

PG-13

2004

1h 32m

Comedy

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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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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Aug 14, 2007

4/4

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.

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Nev Pierce

BBC.com

Aug 31, 2004

4/5

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

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Empire Magazine

Aug 28, 2004

4/5

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

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

Jun 9, 2022

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

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Mar 2, 2022

3/5

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

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Kate Robertson

The Post NZ

Sep 3, 2021

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

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Matthew W

@Mattrocks704 3 days ago

Yes, it’s inappropriate. Yes, it’s really stupid but yes, it’s really funny.

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Robert P

@Superbad 3 days ago

This is a *4* star movie!

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Jessie Z

@za2011 Oct 1, 2026

Still one of the funniest films of the early 00s.

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William S

@RT27186287 Sep 18, 2026

this movie isn't bad.but it isn't great at the same time

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Noel L

@RT15930389 Aug 28, 2026

The title speaks for itself. The movie is a (slightly dated) hilarious sports underdog story about how you're perfect just the way you are

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Chris C

@RT43827248 Aug 19, 2026

It's like they tried to cross Baseketball and Will Ferrell style but ended up with a small, stupid, uncompelling movie. It was a waste of Rip Torn, really.

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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
Producer: Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller
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
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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