Reception
DodgeBall received mostly positive reviews from critics, although Slant Magazine dismissed the film as "a less-than-one-joke film", while TV Guide remarked that Ben Stiller "doesn't know when to stop". Other critics, such as the Boston Globe, praised Stiller's satirical take on male virility and praised the chemistry between Vince Vaughn and Christine Taylor. Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal initially declined to review the movie, believing it was not worthy of his time. However, after reviewing the DVD, he changed his view of the movie, writing, "Mea culpa, mea culpa. Rawson Marshall Thurber's debut feature, starring Ben Stiller opposite Vince Vaughn, is erratic, imbecilic if not completely idiotic, inconsequential in even the small scheme of things, and thoroughly entertaining". Roger Ebert gave the film a 3/4 star rating in his Chicago Sun-Times review and in praise writes "in a miraculous gift to the audience, 20th Century-Fox does not reveal all of the best gags in its trailer." On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 70% "fresh" rating out of 151 reviews, with 107 of the reviews being positive. The film was mostly praised for its "cheerfully sloppy, dumb fun" according to the website.
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