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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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Reviews for The Benchwarmers
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In the last line of the film, as the final credits thankfully disappear, Richie casually says "that was a waste of time wasn't it?" Yes. Definitely. Full Review |
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It doesn't take a genius to work out what's on offer: toilet humour, physical comedy, more toilet humour and an Americans-do-it-best schmaltzy climax. Full Review |
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...ultimately nothing more than a silly, egregiously sentimental comedy... Full Review |
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You won't know whether to roll your eyes or smile like a fool, but you will know you've been entertained. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The Benchwarmers is better than it should have been. Only, that's not saying much. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Unfunny, badly thought out and occasionally downright offensive, this is an extremely poor effort, even by the standards of other Rob Schneider movies. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Highbrow humour is not the film's strong point but there's no faulting the sincerity of this against-all-odds comedy. Full Review |
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The Benchwarmers strikes out. Again and again and again. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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This comedy made me laugh exactly 3 times during its entire 80-minute run. Full Review |
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Only the reliably funny Jon Lovitz delivers his lines with any aplomb, providing just a few laughs in this otherwise horrid movie. Full Review |
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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 Full Review |
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