The Benchwarmers
2006 Directed by Dennis Dugan
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Get off the bench and get into the game.
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
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Yet another film I'm rating higher than it's probably worth because I watched it as an immature teen. In all seriousness, though, it's not that bad.
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For a comedy, The Benchwarmers just does not produce the laughs. I could count how many times I merely smiled, as a result of this silly comedy, on one hand. It really is not a movie that is a torture to get through, but it is one that tests your patience. If you do make it to the credits reward yourself because it is not an easy feat. The film obviously has a target audience; thankfully I am not a part of this group.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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You know your movie is bad when John Lovitz is the highlight.
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A surprisingly cheery Sports movie starring the usual gang of misfits, Spade and Schneider, and new guest Heder. A movie for the underdogs, full of comedic hijinks and some great baseball moments.
Also, enough stuff to make any Geek jizz themselves
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Heder is the weak link in an otherwise average comedy. Worth viewing? Probably not.
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The best part of this movie is the cast. Spade, Lovitz, and Swardson can make anything funny.
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Benchwarmers tells the tale of three grown men who have warmed the bench their entire lives at sports beating a league of kids at baseball. Actually that's not entirely true one of the grown men is pretty damn good but he has a horrible secret.
The three grown men we are talking about here are David Spade, Neapolitan Dynamite and the You Can Do It guy from the Adam Sandler movies, yup Rob Schneider himself in what might just be his best performance outside of a Sandler movie, though that's really not saying much at all.
All throughout this movie Schneider teaches Spade and Dynamite how to be great at baseball by beating a bunch of little asshole kids who…
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Yet another film I'm rating higher than it's probably worth because I watched it as an immature teen. In all seriousness, though, it's not that bad.
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Pretty good underdog sport comedy with likeable comedy cast. Jon Lovitz absolutely steals the movie though, with his enigmatic millionaire with an eye for great pop culture.
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For a comedy, The Benchwarmers just does not produce the laughs. I could count how many times I merely smiled, as a result of this silly comedy, on one hand. It really is not a movie that is a torture to get through, but it is one that tests your patience. If you do make it to the credits reward yourself because it is not an easy feat. The film obviously has a target audience; thankfully I am not a part of this group.