To talk further about the story would not do us any good. If you have seen any of the commercials you know what the story is. The big thing is, was it funny? I thought it was. Not so much that I would really want to see it again, but for the 90 minutes I sat in the darkened theater, I was entertained. Rob Schneider is the star of the show, a performer of whom I am most definitely not a fan. Surprisingly, and refreshingly, he plays the straight man (insert joke here). Even more surprisingly, he wasn't that bad at it. Meanwhile David Spade puts on a bad wig, gains a phobic brother and pretty much plays himself, and Jon Heder plays a variation on the Napoleon Dynamite character.
Bottom line. Not much of a review for a trifling of a movie that I found amusing enough to give some space to, yet not enough to give it the attention of a proper review. I hope you were moderately entertained.
Very Mildly Recommended.
Article comments
1 - Sterfish
"The movie was actually pretty funny, but the thing to remember is that this is not a good movie"
You are absolutely dead on with that line. It's weird to think that a comedy that's funny isn't necessarily a good movie. I mean, isn't the point of a comedy to make you laugh? Wouldn't it only be a bad movie if it didn't make you laugh?
I think, though, that a lot of it is the overall experience of seeing it in a theater. I saw the movie How High at an advance screening. Most people laughed even though that was a godawful movie. I think if I saw The Benchwarmers on DVD instead in a packed theater, it may not have gotten so much as a chuckle out of me.
2 - Luke
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? this was by far the best and funniest movie ive seen in a long time, and the actors were amazing...5 OUT OF 5!!!! rob schneider was great, david spade was hilarious, and jon heder, hahaha hes so funny, and i cant believe you wouldnt like this movie, its so funny no offense to the type of people it makes fun of but if you didnt like it, you must either just be to mature for this (since so many of the laughs were for immature subjects) or u just must be the kind of person they make fun of therefore taking it personally...so i dont know about you, but THIS IS AN AMAZING MOVIE!!!!