Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Chris Williams

Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber

RS: 4of 4 Stars

2004 20th Century Fox Comedy

This masterpiece of modern cinema depends upon a single truism: A guy getting hit in the nuts a hundred times in a row is funny a hundred times. Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) and White Goodman (Ben Stiller) are rival gym owners squaring off in a dodgeball championship choreographed for maximum hilarity. But the film is also wise; as guru Patches O'Houlihan (Rip Torn) sagely observes, "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."