The Benchwarmers

A trio of lifetime losers (Rob Schneider, Jon Heder and David Spade) are funded by a mega-billionaire (Jon Lovitz) to compete in a tournament against little league baseball teams across the state of California. Nerds, geeks and Trekkies everywhere unite! Typical underdog dribble that starts off fair enough with silly gags and a likable cast of misfits, but then wears thin pretty quick with more and more ridiculous situations, disgusting jokes, innuendos aplenty and even a super-creepy robotic butler (no kidding). Cameos all over the place by sports people (Reggie Jackson, Sean Salisbury, Bill Romanowski, Dan Patrick and Craig Kilborn) are just as unwanted and out-of-place as this entire awful production. A real stinker that has a short running time going for it, but little else. 2 stars out of 5.