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Actors: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dodgeball |
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White Goodman (Stiller) runs a gym empire built on making people feel fat and inadequate in order to persuade them to exercise. Nearby, Average Joe's Gym is run by Peter Le Fleur. It is a loose establishment where most of the guys are overweight, clumsy, scrawny or otherwise physically imperfect and who often don't pay gym fees for months. But the guys from Average Joe's have fun together and get (very slightly) more fit in the process.
But the gym is about to go bankrupt. So the Average Joes enter a dodgeball competitionto win the $50,000 they need to save their gym.
--Olivia Hopkins, Resident Scholar
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Dodgeball celebrates the average joe. One gym owner, Peter(Vince Vaughn) is down on his luck and the bank is going to foreclose on this gym unless he raises 50 thousand dollars. Another successful gym owner, White (Ben Stiller), threatens to buy out the gym and turn it into a parking lot. The loveable losers at the first gym discover they can raise the funds if they win a dodgeball tourney. This upsets White who also gets a team and enters the tourney and tries to stop them. A number of physical laughs throughout the movie. A number of cameos. Good story.
--Karen Kay, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Dodgeball |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
If a parody... of
- sports movies
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
- coach
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- coach/trainer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) muscular
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- bulging muscles
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- rude people
Misc setting
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- licking
- lesbians!
Any profanity?
- None
- Some foul language
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