I loved this movie. Yes it had some innapropiate scenes. But it's all in fun and i would reccomend this movie to anybody i know. It's a very good movie.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
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Common Sense says
Think Bad News Bears crossed with Happy Gilmore.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13–14
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story was written by Nell Minow
Parents need to know that this is meant to be silly fun -- teens and parents who love Adam Sandler-style humor will enjoy it very much. Those who don't should avoid it. The movie has some very mature material for a PG-13 including explicit sexual humor with jokes about adultery, group sex, pornography, genital size, bondage, and homosexuality along with some very strong language including many double entendres featuring the word "balls." Characters drink frequently, including drinking to dull pain. The coach taunts the team by calling them "ladies."
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- Families can talk about some of their own experience in feeling like an underdog. What should Pete have done when White made him an offer? Families could also talk about perseverance, and the comment made by one character that "if a person never quits after the going gets rough, they won't have anything to regret for the rest of their lives."
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What’s the Story?
Pete (Vince Vaughn) is about to lose his gym, the comfy hang-out "Average Joe's," to White (Ben Stiller), the owner of the uber-exercise facility known as Globo Gym (slogan: "We're better than you are!"). To save the gym, he needs $50,000 in 30 days. And that just happens to be the purse for the winner of the big dodgeball tournament that one of Average Joe's regulars finds in the pages of his Obscure Sports Quarterly magazine. So Pete and his gang of misfits decide to take their shot. The group includes Justin (Justin Long of television's Ed), Stephen Root (Office Space), and Steve the Pirate (Alan Tudyk), a guy who refers to himself in the third person and thinks he is a pirate. After winning the qualifying regional title on a technicality, they are approached by the world's greatest dodgeball coach (Rip Torn), who reminds them that "dodgeball is a sport of violence, exclusion, and degradation" and in just three weeks turns them into a lean, mean, fighting machine. Or at least into a group that can duck when a wrench is thrown their way. And they pick up a new team member who can throw very, very hard. Then it's off to the big game, with preliminary skirmishes before facing the Globo team, men-mountains who all have names like "Laser" and "Taser" plus a unibrowed woman with very bad teeth.
Is It Any Good?
DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY is pure silliness -- lots of balls slamming into lots of people, some funny surprise cameo appearances, Ben Stiller's clueless bully persona, and insult humor. Gary Cole and Jason Bateman have some good moments as sportscasters and Hank Azaria is fun to watch in an old instructional film the team uses to learn how to play. Most of the laughs are less in the "wow, that's funny category" than in the "I can't believe they tried that" category, as when a uniform mix-up has the Average Joes appearing at a match in bondage gear, but there aren't many real clunkers. Pete's slacker demeanor never gives Vaughn a chance to make use of his greatest asset, the slightly ADD vibe he showed to such advantage in Swingers and Clay Pigeons. And Christine Taylor (Stiller's real-life wife) deserves better than a role that is essentially the same one she played in Zoolander. But it all moves pretty quickly and is over before it wears out its welcome.
Movie Details
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox, Director: Rawson Thurber
Run time: 96 minutes
Theatrical release: 6/18/2004, DVD release: 12/7/2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for rude and sexual humor, and language
Run time: 96 minutes
Theatrical release: 6/18/2004, DVD release: 12/7/2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for rude and sexual humor, and language
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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- Good role models
"Your about as useful as a poopy flavored lollipop."
Hilarious movie! Ben Stiller is super funny in this movie, along with the entire cast. Great movie for everyone 12+. Or depending on your house rules, the whole family.
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
Dodgeball is a great movie, but there is stong language
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
One word: Bad
This movie was not what I expected. It was obvious that it would be inappropriately funny, but it was worse than that. There were a few funny parts in it, and Ben Stiller had to be the funniest person in the whole movie!!! They drank a lot, a character had a wrench thrown at him, (This happened twice, and they got hit both times.)And there were a lot of scenes where the boys get hit in the in betweens by balls. This movie technically insults your intelligence, and I would find something else to watch.
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Vince Vaughn FUNNY
Funny, great, but inapropreat for younger kids.
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
fantastic movie
funny
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I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Hilarious comedy, well worth seeing
Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn star in this raunchy comedy for older teens. If you're okay with strong, un-subtle sexual references and slightly strong language, then you will definitely enjoy this film. Big laughs for slightly old and predictable jokes, but stilll one of my all-time favorite movies.
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
funny
no excuses go and see
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
im 13 i watched this movie at a friends house if you can handle dirty/perveted things this movie is hilarious! if u don't like outright sexual references this may make you uncomfortable.
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
this movie is great and funny
i have it i think it should be pg i remper some cursing this is out of subject but if you want to see something funny go to the end of the end credits and he sings milkshake and he is saking lol i can not say it oh man you got to check it out i will go with 11+ but the end of credits 13+ oh lol
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
A Strong PG-13 movie
This movie is great and funny. The sexual references are strong PG-13 movie. Lots of inappropriate content
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I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
lol
Very, dumb, but unlike those stupid "____ Movie" films. I liked it.
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
LOVED IT!!!!
a MUST SEE!!!! youll luv it!! really funny! better 4 kids who r 11 and up or have seen adam sandler types of movies!
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
MUST SEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
omg this is so funny but there is some iffy stuff but not much i loved it!!
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
Bad but hilarious!
In the end of the movie I didnt care that it was the next most inappropriate movie ive ever seen (next to meet the fockers). It was still hilarious. P.S. I dont know why CSM thinks that a coach calling his team ladies is inappropriate. The movie does have very extreme sexual and offensive content (including genital size. Also Ben Stillers character flips someone off.) However, kids over 13 should be able to handle it.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Violent and funny. Great combination.
This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Great combination of comical violence, sex jokes, and absurdity. Depending on the child, kids as young as 11 should be fine with it. However, guys seem to like it more than girls.
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
I should have walked out
This movie was crude and distasteful. I should have walked out, and am ashamed that I didn't. There were unecessary sexual remarks as well as disgusting situations. I was very dissapointed and would absolutely recommend that you don't see this movie if you don't like to see trashy filmmaking.
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
I wouldn't DODGE this movie!!!
I believe that this movie was a great movie for the comical side. Although some "rude" remarks were made... to some parents, sorry, this is what the teenager hears at school. A two thumbs up if it were up to a high schooler.
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