2006 · comedy · sports
The Benchwarmers
Directed by Dennis Dugan1h 25m2006
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Our read: The Benchwarmers (2006) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · sports entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / sports, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
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How The Benchwarmers feels to watch.
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“You want dumb underdog baseball laughs and nostalgic kid-movie energy.”
Skip it tonight — Juvenile gross-out humor and Rob Schneider antics make you want to leave.
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