Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, is a film that grabs life by the ball. Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), is a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s. The facility’s clientele of decidedly less-than-average Joes is made up of a self-styled pirate, a scrawny nerd (Justin Long) 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 (Ben Stiller), 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 (Christine Taylor) inside Average Joe’s to finalize Globo’s takeover of the gym. Peter’s boyish charm wins her over and Kate joins his team of social rejects to beat the odds.

2004 · 1h 32m
  • 72%
Starring Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller
Director Rawson Marshall Thurber

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Cast & Crew

  • Vince Vaughn
    Peter LaFleur
  • Christine Taylor
    Kate
  • Ben Stiller
    White Goodman
  • Rip Torn
    Patches O'Houlihan
  • Justin Long
    Justin
  • Stephen Root
    Gordon
  • Joel David Moore
    Owen
  • Chris Williams
    Dwight
  • Alan Tudyk
    Steve the Pirate
  • Missi Pyle
    Fran
  • Jamal Duff
    Me'Shell Jones

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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Comedy

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, is a film that grabs life by the ball. Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), is a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s. The facility’s clientele of decidedly less-than-average Joes is made up of a self-styled pirate, a scrawny nerd (Justin Long) 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 (Ben Stiller), 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 (Christine Taylor) inside Average Joe’s to finalize Globo’s takeover of the gym. Peter’s boyish charm wins her over and Kate joins his team of social rejects to beat the odds.

72%

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Fresh 119
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Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
2004
Run Time
1 hr 32 min
Rated
M M Sexual references
Region of Origin
United States
© 2004 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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English, English (United Kingdom), German
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English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC)

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English (United States) (CC), Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Icelandic , Indonesian , Italian (Italy) , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Slovenian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish

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