Highbrow humour is not the film's strong point but there's no faulting the sincerity of this against-all-odds comedy.
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05/20/06
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.
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Comedies
US 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]
Reviews for The Benchwarmers
Top CriticThis abysmally static comedy, the brainfart of 'the people who brought you Big Daddy' is a mess on every level %u2026 depressingly woeful.
05/13/06
Top CriticIn 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.
10/10/09
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11/20/08
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.
10/29/08
...ultimately nothing more than a silly, egregiously sentimental comedy...
12/01/06
You won't know whether to roll your eyes or smile like a fool, but you will know you've been entertained.
10/14/06
...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
The Benchwarmers is better than it should have been. Only, that's not saying much.
06/06/06
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
Top CriticUnfunny, badly thought out and occasionally downright offensive, this is an extremely poor effort, even by the standards of other Rob Schneider movies.
06/01/06
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.
06/01/06
The Benchwarmers strikes out. Again and again and again.
05/13/06
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.
05/12/06
This comedy made me laugh exactly 3 times during its entire 80-minute run.
05/12/06
Only the reliably funny Jon Lovitz delivers his lines with any aplomb, providing just a few laughs in this otherwise horrid movie.
05/06/06
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
04/29/06
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