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Here’s why The Benchwarmers still holds up as a :

Let’s be real. If you walked into The Benchwarmers expecting Citizen Kane , you were doing it wrong. You walked in expecting three grown men in ill-fitting little league uniforms, a giant steroid-fueled bully named Carlos, and a third act that involves a mechanical pitching machine set to “murder.” The Benchwarmers

Here’s a good, engaging post about The Benchwarmers (2006), written in the style of a nostalgic social media or blog post. In Defense of The Benchwarmers : The Stupid, Sweet, Underrated Gem of 2000s Comedy Here’s why The Benchwarmers still holds up as

The Benchwarmers isn’t trying to be a classic. It’s trying to be the movie you watch at 1 AM with your buddies when you don’t want to think. And for that, it’s a perfect strike down the middle. In Defense of The Benchwarmers : The Stupid,

“That movie is terrible.” I say: “Yeah. But did you laugh when the giant ‘Draft Dodgers’ team showed up in a monster truck?”

B+ for effort, C- for taste, A+ for nostalgia.

Beneath the fart jokes and the “Reggie Jackson is a giant hammer” bit, the movie has a weirdly sweet heart. It’s about the guys who were always picked last in gym class finally getting to be heroes. When Gus builds a new field for the nerdy kid at the end? That’s genuine.