i rent this film because the trailer look very funny . the producer must have take all the funny bit and put them into 60 second . after that and there be no fun to be have . the funny part of this film be the espn graphic and joke and obscure sport quarterly and also a visual gag . the rest of the funny part be steal right from basebasketball the team names and the girl dance in extreme costume and the obscure sport idea but basebasket do it more original and more funny to watch . i highly recommend that over dodgeball . the movie feel like it be a snl sketch that should have last 10 minute yet be stretch to fit an hour and a half . the actor look like they be give a couple line and then tell to go for it . they look blank at time like they do not have anything funny to say . basically if you like comedy where the character and situation be just suppose to be hilarious and they be and like the royal tenenbaums and devoid of any joke or humor beyond that . maybe this have something to do with ben stiller and since he be in both film . that might be the case and since i do like bottle rocket and rushmore . i be bring up with the idea of comedy to either be satire or have a joke a minute thrown at you and like airplane and the naked gun and south park . a movie like dodgeball move slow because the character and after they come into the scene and give you that one laugh and like the gym owner or the pirate guy and do not seem to have any more steam and the viewer be suppose to enjoy it for what it be . it seem to be the new wave of comedy film making and it isn not funny nor make any sense . the joke fall flat and like everything be improve and nothing be write down . movie can not live by improv alone . take timecode and movie like that . please . then and if you get the dvd and there be an alternate end that make me laugh and not because it be funny and because it be so bad . i do not think the director know how to make a movie . rawson marshall thurber should go back to his day job . i give this a 1 and which be the low rating i have give any movie . if there be a 0 and i would give it for my time waste . i be glad i actually do not see this in a theater . i would have ask for my money back .