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The Benchwarmers (2006)
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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:8
Rotten:58
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: A gross-out comedy that is more sophomoric than funny, The Benchwarmers goes down swinging.
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... [More]
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04/29/09
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04/23/09
It won't surprise anyone that Heder is not at his best here, but when you find yourself thinking that Spade and Schneider deserve better material, that's saying a lot.
04/08/06
What is Craig Kilborn doing in this movie?
04/22/06
It’s hard to buy the movie as an underdog success story, since even the actors barely seem to exert themselves.
04/13/06
To my shock, The Benchwarmers is not as unwatchable as one would expect -- and this is coming from someone who detests Napoleon Dynamite, is tired of David Spade, and could do without Rob Schneider any given day.
04/07/06
It's so bad, it should be viewed only through a pinhole in a shoebox, much like an eclipse.
04/07/06
Top CriticAn Adam Sandler movie without Adam Sandler, THE BENCHWARNERS offers the worst of all worlds.
04/23/06
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.
06/02/06
With the writers of Grandma's Boy, the director of Big Daddy, and Schneider, Spade and Heder, 'Benchwarmers' can't be accused of a stealth campaign of suck.
04/07/06
This is, for all its supposed charms, a very nasty little movie.
04/06/06
The Benchwarmers is better than it should have been. Only, that's not saying much.
06/06/06
...ultimately nothing more than a silly, egregiously sentimental comedy...
12/01/06
There’s also nothing funny in watching a grown man intentionally hit a kid in the chest with a sizzling line drive, or even worse, drop-kicking a 12-year-old catcher unconscious.
04/07/06
Manages to never be boring even when it is a complete waste of talent, film stock and the audience's time and money.
04/07/06
If Sandler had avoided the lowest-common-denominator humor, recast the adult ballplayers as kids, and found a decent director, he might have had a worthwhile movie. Oh, wait -- it's already been made. And it's called Bad News Bears.
04/10/06
If there's a bad getting-hit-in-the-crotch gag, director Dennis Dugan hasn't seen it.
04/08/06
Forced and undercooked from start to finish.
04/10/06
...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.
07/13/06
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