The Benchwarmers 2006

Get off the bench and get into the game.

5.86 / 10   830 vote(s)
PG-13
Comedy

A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.

Release Date 2006-04-07
Runtime 1h 25m
Directors Dennis Dugan, Thomas E. Ackerman, John Collins, Dennis M. White, Eugene Davis, Hope Garrison, Melinda Johnson, Kent Demaine
Producers Jack Giarraputo, Adam Sandler, Allegra Clegg, Barry Bernardi, Derek Dauchy, Nick Swardson, Andy Kaplan
Writers Nick Swardson, Allen Covert

Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

This is a surprisingly charming story with a positive message.

Sure, it's a "dirt humor" movie, but the cast works really well together, and it minimizes the amount of baseball in a baseball movie without removing too much.

While it does do a lot of things that are either too stupid or potentially offensive to be funny, it does even more that are legitimately funny or have a positive message to them.

Ultimately, if you like Rob Schneider, David Spade, or Jon Heder, then you'll probably like this, because you'll get a lot of them.

I'm not sure if I can recommend this as a good baseball movie because i'm not a fan of baseball, but it manages to be there without being overwhelming.

Kamurai