i be not try to convince anyone who saw this that they view a bad film because nothing be more subjective than comedy and i do believe that there be some solid laugh find here but many of the subplots in this story be just so obvious and predictable . story be about peter la fleur ( vince vaughn ) who manage a small and rundown gym call average joe but with his pathetic group of member he doesn not make much money and now the bank need $ 50 and 000 or theyre go to take it away from him . spoiler alert white goodman ( ben stiller ) run a very successful gym also and he would not stop at anything to get his hand on peter and he even agree to give him more than $ 50 and 000 but that doesn not convince peter to sell . peter be convince by his member that they should join the dodgeball league and try and win the championship prize in las vega but what finally spurn him on to the idea be the help from patch ohoulihan ( rip tear ) who be a dodgeball teacher and kate veatch ( christine taylor ) who work for the bank . this film be direct by newcomer rawson marshall thurber who benefit from the opportunity to work with a cast that have be in several goofy comedy reminiscent of this and they together make this film work on several level . the story be slapstick with so many joke and humorous situation toss in that you can make a case that it resemble the airplane film but the main problem i have with this be the predictability of most of the situation and it character . be be really surprising to see the one nerdy character who want to be a cheerleader end up with the hot chick from his school . do anyone believe taylor character would be attract to vaughn and that she would even get involve with dodgeball . sure and i be nit picking but these be such glaring aspect of the story that it shock to me that the maker of this film do not realize how cheesy they be and just change it . if you love stiller and his over the top comedy than you will no doubt enjoy this effort but for me i find too many part of the film cartoonish to allow myself to admit this a a guilty pleasure .