If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

I hate using quotes that are in the trailer, but all the really funny moments in Dodgeball didn't really lend themselves to be good quotes. Stiller's lines depended on him being insane and ridiculous, and Vince Vaughn's good stuff depends on his deadpan delivery and exceptional quick timing. That left me with the line from the trailer, which went in the trailer precisely because it's one of the few lines that's funny standing by itself.

This movie is a wonderful example of a movie that sets a target (not a very high one in this case) and hits it excellently (another classic example of this is The Fast and the Furious.) This is a comedic spoof on all the cheesy underdog sports movies that we groan about but at some level enjoy. That's what they aimed to make, and they did it. If you think you'll like that kind of movie, you're in - otherwise pass.

I love it when things work out like that. I can easily describe what the movie is, and friends can make their own, logical, and accurate decisions about whether they'll like it. It's much different then, say, The Terminal - that movie is much more complex and harder to explain accurately. I guess that also has something to do with it being much better as well.

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