"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball." Hilarious, highly-quotable, and sometimes heartwarming story of the gym known as Average Joe's. Owner Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) can't quite pay the rent, and he's in danger of losing his beloved gym to the large Globogym, run by the insane White Goodman (Ben Stiller, in what must be one of his best roles ever). To come up with the money, La Fleur and the oddball members of his gym form a dodgeball team in order to win prize money in an upcoming tournament (in which they will have to face Globogym's fierce team). With the help of a woman known as Kate Veatch (Christine Taylor) and aging former dodgeball champ Patches O'Houlihan (Rip Torn, who gets some of the best lines in the film), the group sets out to save Average Joe's from destruction. Full of sight gags and one-liners, celebrity cameos (notably Lance Armstrong and Chuck Norris), and brilliant acting (from Vaughn's subtle, almost fatherly portrayal of La Fleur to Stiller's completely batsh*t crazy performance as Goodman), Dodgeball is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Rating: 94/100
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