The Benchwarmers
'Warmer' Wallpaper
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- Synopsis
- Three men try to make up for missed childhood opportunities by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league ......
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- Starring
- Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz
- Director(s)
- Dennis Dugan
- Distributor(s)
- Sony
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 85 min.
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Critic Reviews
This morphing of "The Bad News Bears" and a "Three Stooges" episode parades its dumbness with such zip that it almost passes for clever.Read the full review
Not terrible, not terrible at all. Yes, the plot is terrible, some of the jokes are terrible, and Rob Schneider's bizarre from-the-neck-up oxblood tan is terrible, but the movie as a whole is a more-than-acceptable addition to the genre of shameless and hastily made American comedy.Read the full review
For the first two acts, veteran lowbrow director Dennis Dugan at least keeps The Benchwarmers' pace brisk and the wall-to-wall soundtrack upbeat and infectious. Then the big third-act twist arrives and the film drags to a finish, leaving a slug-like trail of squishy sentimentality.Read the full review