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The Benchwarmers Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  This morphing of "The Bad News Bears" and a "Three Stooges" episode parades its dumbness with such zip that it almost passes for clever.

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• 40

  out of 100

  VarietyJoe Leydon

  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."

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour

  From the beginning to its very end, The Benchwarmers seems to be struggling to justify its own existence.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  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."

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• 30

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck

  You have to credit the filmmakers for at least acknowledging their level of dreck during the final credits, when Lovitz rhetorically asks, "This was a complete waste of time, wasn't it?"

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