DODGEBALL:

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber (No major film work)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller

There are a lot of things in this film that I find conceptually funny, but that don't really pan out on the screen (a random pirate character, Ben Stiller's buff (and short) villian, etc). There was also what I consider my most hilarious moment of 2004 - when ESPN 8 ("The Ocho") began broadcasting the dodgeball tournament. The production of the film was sloppy, with minimal character and plot development. It's not a good movie, but it does have a few laugh out loud moments.

Standouts: A stupidly fun movie. It'll be nice on TV when you have 30 minutes to kill.
Blowouts: They really could have tried harder. Seems like a throwaway production.

Grade: C