Product Description Comedy about three guys (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder) who try to make up for their lack of athleticism when they were younger by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseballers. They develop a large following of left-out kids as they head into a high-stakes, winner-takes-all game with the best team of kids in the state. .co.uk Review 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
M**T
Absolutely hilarious, had me in stitches all the way through
The Benchwarmers is incredibly funny it's been a while since a movie has made me laugh so much. The cast was great in this particularly Jon Heder and Nick Swardson they both stole every scene that they were in but Rob Schneider and David Spade also provide some good laughs as well Schneider not so much because his performance in this is a bit more laid back than other movies we've seen him in such as Deuce Bigalow or The Animal but he's still great. Although this movie has a lot of dumb comedy, slapstick and fart jokes it does have a lot of heart as well reminding the viewer about bullying which is one of the main plot elements.Blu Ray quality: This 1.85:1, 1080p, Dolby Digital 5.1 high definition transfer is solid and delivers both strong video and audio quality. Now video quality is very good and definitely superior than the DVD, colours are very eye popping they are rich and vibrant and blacks are very solid, visible detail is mostly excellent although the few scenes indoors are a little soft here and there but luckily the entire movie is mostly set outdoors on the Baseball fields. Audio quality is also very good it's not room filling but it's a dialogue driven movie not an action movie so it's not gonna be blowing your ears off but it's all very loud and clear when they are speaking and the movie score is rich in uncompressed sound, also This US import is confirmed region Free so it will work on PS3's and every Blu ray player.All in all a very funny movie with plenty of laugh out loud moments and also a solid Blu Ray release from Sony that I highly recommend you purchase right away if your looking for a good laugh.
M**S
What a feel good film!!
The morals are all wrong, but it's honestly side splitting, underrated film!
K**B
Really entertaining, funny movie
Great comedic movie
J**E
Good fun
Light hearted slapstick comedy fun.
K**N
Karma happens
Excellent comedic acting on a sensitive matter.. but karma wins the day !!Hilariously funny !!
P**A
So funny 🤣😂
So funny 😂
M**L
weeeeeeeeell.....
Ok, I heard some stuff about this film so I thought I'd buy it.I've only seen Jon Heder in Napoleon Dynamite and in that film he's very awkward. He's the same in this as well. Not that it's a bad thing, but it makes me think can he play as anything else?Rob Schneider and others make a baseball team for the geeks and losers even though as a kid, HE was a bully. Not sure I can believe that when looking at Rob rofl.David Spade gets a love interest in a pizza hut girl and it's all very sweet to watch. He'd be better looking though if he shaved the moustache and stopped using a bowl for a haircut lol.Jon Lovitz also appears in this film and he has to be the best character! What with his Number seven robot that can make any sandwich! Like a tuna skittle sandwich with pudding skin. Yuck.Some parts in the film were not needed. Like the vomiting. I don't mind some, but twice? Please. I didn't even like it in Little Britain. Also the kid that kept spitting when talking, well maybe I didn't get it, but I didn't find it funny.So yeah, it's good, but nothing special. I'd say at least watch it once if your an Adam Sandler fan.
A**R
Hello
Good film worth the watch
E**K
Movie to watch in Van
good movie to entertain kids while riding in Van
M**M
Great movie
Love
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C**E
Best comedy
Very good movie and it’s worth watching
E**H
Love this movie
I bought this bc we lost our original copy at home. I was a bit nervous to buy an older movie, that wasn’t that popular for “new” but I’m pleasantly surprised! The box was wrapped in plastic like a brand new movie. I’m very happy!This is a movie from my childhood so I’m pretty fond of it, my brother sister and I can recite pretty much every line.For 2005 standards, very funny with some good jokes. But for 2019 standards, funny with some offensive and homophobic jokes in there. But it was written by Adam Sandler and you know he’s kind of a one trick pony.The movie hasn’t aged well but it’s a pretty funny movie, just don’t laugh at the offensive parts.
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