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The Benchwarmers (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 62 Fresh: 7  Rotten:55 Average Rating: 3.1/10
 
Consensus: A gross-out comedy that is more sophomoric than funny, The Benchwarmers goes down swinging.
 

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Runtime: 85 mins

Theatrical Release: Apr 7, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $57,651,794

Synopsis: Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions--in cahoots with director Dennis Dugan (HAPPY GILMORE), stars Rob Schneider (DEUCE BIGELOW: MALE GIGOLO), Jon Heder (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE), and David Spade (TOMMY BOY)--seeks to level the eternal struggle between jocks and nerds in the raucous... Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions--in cahoots with director Dennis Dugan (HAPPY GILMORE), stars Rob Schneider (DEUCE BIGELOW: MALE GIGOLO), Jon Heder (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE), and David Spade (TOMMY BOY)--seeks to level the eternal struggle between jocks and nerds in the raucous comedy THE BENCHWARMERS. Schneider plays Gus, a landscaper, who, along with his newspaper deliveryman pal Clarke (Heder), comes upon a hapless group of kids being picked on by a bully baseball squad on the sandlot. When one member of the squad delivers a non-culinary "beef stew" to one of weaklings, the two adults intervene. As he waxes nostalgic on the baseball diamond, Gus challenges the tough Little Leaguers to a scrimmage, and Clarke and his other uber-nerdy and decidedly nonathletic friend, video store clerk Richie (Spade), are recruited--and the eponymous Benchwarmers are formed. Soon, news of the three sissy men versus the nine jocks-in-training spreads and comes to the attention of billionaire geek, Mel (Jon Lovitz). With Mel's help, a state-wide tournament is created allowing any youth baseball team the chance to knock off the Benchwarmers. As the frenzy grows, all jocks and wimps, young and old, come out to support their side with the final verdict in this never-ending war for supremacy. While the movie features cameos from real-life sports personalities Reggie Jackson, Sean Salisbury, and Bill Romanowski, its highlights are the antics and comedic chemistry of its leads. If flatulence, juvenile sex jokes, feces, agoraphobia, robotic butlers, and baseball are your recipe for riotous belly-laughs, than BENCHWARMERS is nothing short of a grand slam. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Tim Meadows

Director: Dennis Dugan
Screenwriter: Allen Covert, Nick Swardson
Producer: Barry Bernardi, Jack Giarraputo
Composer: Waddy Wachtel

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 25, 2006

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • Blue BD Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • PCM 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Previews
  • Commentaries - 1. Jon Heder, David Spade - Stars
  • 2. Dennis Dugan - Director
  • Featurettes - 1. "Who's On Deck" - Clip Compilation
  • 2. Deleted Scenes (4)
  • 3. "Mr. October: Behind the Scenes with Reggie Jackson"
  • 4. "Nerds vs. Bullies: Whose Side Are You On?"
  • 5. "Play Ball: Cast and Crew Discuss America's Pastime"

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2/4

...ultimately nothing more than a silly, egregiously sentimental comedy...

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12/01/06
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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3.0/4.0

You won't know whether to roll your eyes or smile like a fool, but you will know you've been entertained.

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10/14/06
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com
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...there was actually a small smattering of applause when the movie ended. Whether they were clapping for the film or just the fact that it was finally over will have to remain a mystery.

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07/13/06
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
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2/5

The Benchwarmers is better than it should have been. Only, that's not saying much.

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06/06/06
David Mattin
BBC
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1/5

Even Jon Lovitz with a Batmobile, a dwarf attack in a playroom, and David Spade’s best wig ever can’t save this mawkish misfire.

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06/02/06
Damon Wise
Empire Magazine
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1/5

Unfunny, badly thought out and occasionally downright offensive, this is an extremely poor effort, even by the standards of other Rob Schneider movies.

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06/01/06
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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Just when the baseball slapstick starts wearing thin, a final-reel gush of truly cynical sentiment on behalf of the physically challenged sends the ordeal-factor off the scale.

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06/01/06
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
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05/20/06
Sydney Morning Herald
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0.5/5

The Benchwarmers strikes out. Again and again and again.

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05/13/06
Toddy Burton
Austin Chronicle
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This abysmally static comedy, the brainfart of 'the people who brought you Big Daddy' is a mess on every level %u2026 depressingly woeful.

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05/13/06
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile
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1/5

Starring Schneider and Spade, whose careers have been circling the drain for years, and Heder, who won’t be far behind them if he doesn’t improve his career moves.

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05/12/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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3/10

This comedy made me laugh exactly 3 times during its entire 80-minute run.

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05/12/06
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
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0.5/5

Only the reliably funny Jon Lovitz delivers his lines with any aplomb, providing just a few laughs in this otherwise horrid movie.

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05/06/06
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine
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Believe it or not, The Benchwarmers is so lame that it can't even lay claim to being the best Adam Sandler-produced movie not screened for critics in 2006

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04/29/06
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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An Adam Sandler movie without Adam Sandler, THE BENCHWARNERS offers the worst of all worlds.

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04/23/06
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense
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D+

What is Craig Kilborn doing in this movie?

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04/22/06
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
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1/10

There's a reason this comedy was not screened for critics. It strikes out, except at Pizza hut which must be thrilled with its product placements.

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04/18/06
Susan Granger
Modamag.com
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3.5/4

100% silly stupid. I laughed so hard, I cried. If you don't like fart jokes, don't go see it. But, as films in this genre go, it's packed high with funny and warmly w/heart.

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04/17/06
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card
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.5/4

If The Benchwarmers were a real ball game, the mercy rule would end the punishment in the first 15 minutes.

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04/17/06
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News
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C+

The Benchwarmers is funnier than it probably had any right to be, but the tedious repetition of the tournament games strands the film on second rather than bringing it in to score.

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04/15/06
Mark Pfeiffer
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