SummaryThe Benchwarmers tells the story of three guys (Schneider, Spade, Heder) who try to make up for their lack of athleticism when they were younger by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseballers. They develop a large following of left-out kids as they head into a high-stakes, winner-take-all game with... Read More
Directed By:Dennis Dugan
Written By:Allen Covert, Nick Swardson
The Benchwarmers
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
25
User score
Mixed or Average
5.2
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
6% Positive
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29% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
65% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
67
This morphing of "The Bad News Bears" and a "Three Stooges" episode parades its dumbness with such zip that it almost passes for clever.
40
It's hard to buy the movie as an underdog success story, since even the actors barely seem to exert themselves.
User score
Mixed or Average
37% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
27% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
35% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
Feb 17, 2011
10
Funny a** movie, one of my all time favorite comedies of all time! I couldn't stop laughing at a lot of parts in the movie and definitely not worth the 25 score, more of above 65 at least, I'd give it a high score.
Nov 30, 2011
9
One hilarious movie, Happy Madison had done it again, it even manages to sneak some morals about not bullying others in with the laughs, if you are a fans of comedies then this is a must watch, it's just really fantastic, I highly recommend.
40
Under Dennis Dugan's rote direction, Schneider winds up playing straight man to Spade, who once again relies on his snarky coward shtick, and Heder, who comes across like someone doing a bad imitation of ... well, Heder himself in "Napoleon Dynamite."
30
The Benchwarmers is the sort of trash that Hollywood does really well. It is also, to quote Mr. Schneider, "a master's thesis on the form of a quintessential Adam Sandler comedy."
20
An unfunny, unfocused sub-SNL baseball comedy that makes the likes of Joe Dirt and Deuce Bigalow seem vintage.
12
Sandler's latest ode to projectile vomiting, passing gas, gay jokes and physical insults to the groin is basically a feeble cross between "The Revenge of the Nerds" and "The Bad News Bears."
10
Another disastrous comedy aimed at second-graders and anyone else who thinks farts are still funny.
Dec 7, 2021
8
One of the funniest movies I have ever watch but a little too much fart jokes so it is only an 8 for me but the people who made it have a 25 is going to hell and suffering it is so funny
Nov 28, 2012
6
It's rather stupid, but there's also something almost pathetically hilarious about a lot of the comedy within it.
Nov 27, 2011
6
The Benchwarmers is really funny. There were some parts where I simply could not stop laughing. It has some very memorable jokes that I may never forget.
Mar 18, 2015
5
Despite this low score The Benchwarmers is semi funny. There are several occasions where I found myself laughing at this movie. However, that does not necessarily make it good. Adam Sandler's Happy Madison productions company was responsible for this film and it stars some of Adam Sandler common colleagues. David Spade and Rob Schneider have worked with Sandler on numerous occasions. Spade and Jon Heder were fairly funny throughout the film, but Schneider does not work as the sensible guy. I think his acting in this movie is awful. Its like he is in an infomercial from the 1990's. Its just hard to take this guy seriously after all the stupid roles Sandler made him play in movies like Big Daddy. The movie is really not very well written and although its funny, the world doesn't really need it.
Jul 4, 2016
3
You would have to be higher that God in the heavens to actually enjoy a sliver of this movie. There is no way to see this as an actual film. The director probably got his actor buddies together and said "Eh, f**k it, what's the worst that can happen?" Honestly you would have more fun drinking a gallon of bleach than watching this movie.
Production Company:
- Revolution Studios
- Happy Madison Productions
Release Date:Apr 7, 2006
Duration:1 h 20 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Get off the bench and get into the game.
Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 4 Nominations
Razzie Awards
• 2 Nominations
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
