The Benchwarmers (DVD)

Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 2006 / Director: Dennis Dugan / Actors: Rob Schneider, Jon Heder ... / DVD released ... more

The Benchwarmers (DVD) ... 25 September, 2006 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / Credit The Benchwarmers for achieving the impossible: It makes the 2005 remake of The Bad News Bears look like a masterpiece. They're essentially the same film, with the same lowbrow PG-13 humor (mostly involving bodily functions, broad slapstick, little people, nerds, geeks, and nose-picking), but this baseball comedy earns a few brownie points for its heart-warming message about including non-athletic kids (i.e. "benchwarmers") in Little League baseball, if only to boost their confidence and give them a moment of ball-field glory. It's a pleasant sentiment intended to encourage under-achievers to feel good about themselves, and that makes this loose-and-goofy vehicle for Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder an easygoing time-killer. Parents with good taste should be warned that his movie has no taste at all (it's hopelessly mired in the swamp of fart jokes and juvenile sight-gags), and is there really a need for mild profanity in a movie like this? That said, there are a few laughs in the efforts of Schneider and his ultra-nerdy pals as they form a team of rejects and go to bat against an enemy squad of current and former school-bullies, led by former late-night talk-show host Craig Kilborn. In addition to Schneider and Spade, Saturday Night Live alumni Jon Lovitz and Tim Meadows show up for an easy paycheck, and director Dennis Dugan handles the dumb-and-dumber shtick as if he were on vacation, sipping margaritas and shamelessly going for the easy laughs. If that's what you're looking for, you've come to the right place. --Jeff Shannon

Newest Review: ... humour. The film sees the Gus (Rob Schneider) witness bullies torment three kids for playing basevall on their patch and ... more

... this makes Gus decide to go and get out his friends Richie (David Spade) and Clark (Jon Heder) for a little game of baseball as they know what it is like to be the down and outs who are bullied. When they are out playing their game they get challenged by the same bullies as the three kids had been tormented by and so the three decide to challenge the bullies to a game and end up beating them. The three end up getting challenges rolling in and seeing this a nerd turned billionaire Mel (Jon Lovitz) decides to setup a st...more

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The Benchwarmers [DVD] [2006]
Release Date: 2006 - 09 - 25, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,

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The Benchwarmers (DVD): The Benchwarmers - rude and chrude but also heartwarming (196 words)
by - written on 07/06/09 (Useful, 6 readings)
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The Benchwarmers is a hilarious low-brow comedy which sees Rob Schneider, Jon Heder and David Spade team up to create a family fun film that manages to have nothing but hugely crude and rude humour. The film sees the Gus (Rob Schneider) witness bullies torment three kids for playing basevall on their patch and this makes Gus decide to go and get out his friends Richie (David Spade) and Clark (Jon Heder) for a little game of baseball as they know what it is like to be the down and outs who are bullied. When they are out playing their game they get challenged by the same bullies as the three kids had been tormented by and so the three decide to challenge the bullies to a ... Read the complete review

If You Don't like Gay Jokes, Farts And Peeing In The Shower, ... (467 words)
by - written on 16/03/08 (Very useful, 59 readings)
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Clark, Ritchie and Gus never got picked for the baseball team. They were known as class nerds and always ended up sitting on the bench during games. This is where the film's title, 'Benchwarmers' comes from. Then, Mel, who is a friend of theirs and is a self made millionaire, hires Baseball pro Reggie Jackson to train the three of them to play against the sons of those who made his own life a misery by bullying him. The humour in this film is vulgar, infantile, offensive and down right mean. It is typical of Adam Sandler's sense of humour and lacks any kind of subtlety, or refinement. It has been suggested that this film tackles the ... Read the complete review

The Benchwarmers (DVD): Rude, Crude and Good to Know (850 words)
by - written on 08/11/06 (Very useful, 80 readings)
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(Film only review) Recent news reports would have us believe that bullying is rife in schools today. When I was there it was part of life, especially for a geeky kid like me. It can be a very difficult situation for children and parents alike and should probably be tackled in a film. However, this is LA were bullying in films is nothing more than an excuse for good entertainment and for the good guy to finally get his own back. Why tackle the issues when you can have fart jokes about beef stew? Welcome to the world of ‘The Benchwarmers’. Benchwarmer is the title given to the kid at school who was never given the chance to play in any teams. ... Read the complete review

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