Review - Dodgeball

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Okay, so it was funny, and certain aspects of this really appealed to my sense of humour, but this was not, as I had been led to believe, the funniest comedy ever written. It's good though, and I can sit and watch people getting hit in the head with wrenches all day long, so I was well pleased.

I was slightly disappointed to learn that the cinematic ending wasn't the original ending. The original had Average Joe's lose the final, but was changed because test audiences weren't reacting well to it. Damn test audiences. Okay, it's a comedy, so the Mega Happy Ending isn't as offensive as it could have been (if, say, it were a drama), but I still feel a little cheated. If I were the writer/director of this piece I'd be pretty pissed, but I guess that's just the way movies are made.