Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor Genres: Comedy, US Premier Origin: USA Certificate: M Running Time: 88 min

synopsis

Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) is a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe's. The facility's eclectic clientèle of decidedly less-than-average Joes is comprised of: a self styled pirate a scrawny nerd who dreams of impressing an unattainable cheerleader an obsessive aficionado of obscure sports a dim-witted young man and a cocky know it all who, of course, really knows nothing. Peter's humble gym catches the eye of White Goodman (Ben Stiller), the power-mullet-sporting, Fu Manchu'd, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness. White intends to take over Average Joe's, and Peters non existent bookkeeping is making it all too easy for him. A foreclosing bank has stationed attorney Kate Veatch (Christine Taylor) inside Average Joe's to finalize Globos takeover of the gym. But Peter's boyish charms win her over and Kate joins his team of social rejects to beat the odds and their own ineptitude to try to save Average Joe's. How? A showdown dodgeball competition against Globo Gym.