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Studio: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: Jun 18, 2004
Running Time: 97 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
starring: Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Justin Long, Stephen Root, Joel David Moore, Chris Williams, Alan Tudyk, Missi Pyle
director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
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Peter LaFleur is a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe's. The facility's ecclectic clientele of decidedly less-than-"average Joes" is comprised of: a self-styled pirate; a scrawny nerd who dreams of impressing an unattainable cheerleader; an obsessive aficionado of obscure sports; a dim-witted young man; and a cocky know-it-all who, of course, really knows nothing. Peter's humble gym catches the eye of White Goodman, the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness. White intends to take over Average Joe's, and Peter's non-existent bookkeeping is making it all too easy for him. A foreclosing bank has stationed attorney Kate Veatch inside Average Joe's to finalize Globo's takeover of the gym. But Peter's boyish charms win her over and Kate joins his team of social rejects to beat the odds--and their own ineptitude--to try to save Average Joe's. How? A showdown dodgeball competition against Globo Gym.
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The weak vs. the strong storyline is no stranger to cinema. We cheered for the foul-mouthed Bears, applauded the Cleveland Indians, and rooted for the Hanson brothers. But throw in a schoolyard humiliation favorite that was second only in degradation to being pantsed during assembly, and you can expect a fair share of chuckles. Using a childhood sport that most adults have since repressed memories of sets the stage for lunacy, and that's exactly what the
PETER RELIC -
July 14, 2005
This masterpiece of modern cinema depends upon a single truism: A guy getting hit in the nuts a hundred times in a row is funny a hundred times. Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) and White Goodman (Ben Stiller) are rival gym owners squaring off in a dodgeball championship choreographed for maximum hilarity. But the film is also wise; as guru Patches O'Houlihan (Rip Torn) sagely observes, "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."
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Peter La Fleur
Kate Veatch
White Goodman
Patches O'Houlihan
Justin
Gordon
Owen
Dwight
Steve the Pirate
Fran
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