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25 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 17 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 104 Ratings

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  • Starring: David Spade, Jon Heder, Rob Schneider
  • Summary: The 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 the best team of kids in the state. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 11 out of 17
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    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.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: James Parker
    50
    Not terrible, not terrible at all. Yes, the plot is terrible, some of the jokes are terrible, and Rob Schneider's bizarre from-the-neck-up oxblood tan is terrible, but the movie as a whole is a more-than-acceptable addition to the genre of shameless and hastily made American comedy.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    38
    This formulaic mess of sports-movie cliches and self-esteem claptrap contains a couple of funny bits, but you have to slog through a lot of done-to-death bodily function jokes to get to them.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 63
  3. Negative: 21 out of 63
  1. xXAnthonyXx
    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.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. spadenx
    5
    There are a lot of hilarious parts in the begining of the film yet it one again falls victim to the curse of sappy and corny comedies. The sappiness and cornyness definently hurt the film big time but I still enjoyed it for the most part.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. imthenoob
    3
    It started off good and it was funny but in the end it became just another terribly generic and stale comedy. I am really disapointed because it could have been a lot better then this.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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