The Benchwarmers Review

The Benchwarmers Review

When a minor landscape service company owner, Gus (Rob Schneider), sees a physically incapable nerd (Max Prado) being bullied by a baseball crew, he stands up for the boy. And so, Gus invites him, named Nelson, and his friends, Clark (Jon Heder) and Richie (David Spade), to form a baseball squad. After defeating the bullies team, with a help from Mel (Jon Lovitz), a rich baseball fan, they made up the team "The Benchwarmers", which would compete against the best youth baseball squads.

Different people with different mentality join together to do something uncommon for them, never done before, playing baseball. These nerds trying to play sports is the main idea of the movie, being their sloppy actions the main entertainment. That is when you wonder: is it funny? Ummm, it won't make you really laugh, but some chuckles will do it. However, certainly kids will enjoy it, joking about the bizarre nerds. And so, if you are looking for jokes, especially inappropriate, above certain ages, this is not your movie for the day.

There isn't much to comment about this movie, because there is nothing really special about it. As most comedies, it doesn't contain a well thought plot, or a nice variation of camera. It is the same type of comedy of Adam Sandler's movies, just like "Big Daddy",  "Happy Gilmore", and "Grown Ups", because of the same director, Dennis Dugan. Yet, from all these movies I think "The Benchwarmers" is the worst, at least the one I laughed and smiled the less. Especially for the reason that I particularly enjoy the presence of Adam Sandler, giving a taste to the movie.

Therefore, this movie won't near the best comedy ever seen, even though entertainment is present. Chuckles will be enough for these 85 minutes. Enjoy the sloppiness!! Check it on Netflix!!

-Sandler-in-vein

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