The Bottom Line
- Anytime balls fly at people's faces and personal parts you've got to laugh
- Rip Torn as a dodgeball instructor is too hysterical
- None worth noting
Description
- Commentary by writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber, Stiller, and Vaughn
- 7 deleted/extended scenes
- 3 minute gag and blooper reel
- Alternate Ending - Director Thurber explains this was actually the original ending
- 'Anatomy of a Hit' - Thurber explains why other people's pain is always funny
- 'Dodgeball Boot Camp' - The actors train to get in shape to play the sport
- 'Go for the Gold' - Stiller and Vaughn campaign for dodgeball to become an Olympic sport
- 'Justin Long - A Study in Ham and Cheese' - Long takes hits, works out, and practices scenes
- DVD Release Date: December 6, 2004
Guide Review - "Dodgeball" DVD Review
So how do you settle a fight between the two gyms? You bring the battle to the dodgeball court. Vaughn's wimpy geeks take on Stiller's muscle-bound goons in a winner-takes-all dodgeball showdown.
Vaughn and Stiller play well off each other, and Stiller's doing what he does best by taking on and owning the role of a goofball, over-the-top fitness freak. And the co-stars - including Alan Tudyk as a guy who thinks he's a pirate, Christine Taylor as the woman Vaughn and Stiller drool over, and Justin Long who serves as the butt of most of the physical comedy stunts - are all terrific.
As far as the bonus features, "Dodgeball's" DVD is loaded with goodies worth checking out. My personal favorite is 'Justin Long - A Study in Ham & Cheese' where Long gets beaned with balls mercilessly. The kid's got a great sense of comic timing and the featurette really lets him show off his stuff.
