“The Benchwarmers” is a sports comedy about a millionaire who helps three inept adults compete in a little league association by sponsoring their team. This horrible dud of a movie never really gets off the ground due to a terrible premise and bad production values due to sloppy direction by Dennis Dugan (“Happy Gilmore” 1996) and a terrible script written by Allen Covert and Nick Swardson.
The cast includes Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims, Tim Meadows, Nick Swardson, John Farley (brother of Chris Farley), Terry Crews, Dan Patrick, Dennis Dugan, Ron Masak, Rachel Hunter, and Patrick Schwarzenegger (son of the Governator Arnold) as a jock kid. Lending their voices to audio roles are Doug Jones as a robot servant, James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, and William Daniels as KITT.
Despite glaring deficiencies, the unwatchable monstrosity “The Benchwarmers” did enjoy some success at the box office for producer Adam Sandler, Revolution Studios, Happy Madison Productions, Columbia Pictures, and Sony Pictures Releasing. “The Benchwarmers” won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor (Rob Schneider) and a Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Worst On-Screen Hairstyle (David Spade). A direct-to-DVD sequel was released in 2018 called “Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls” with Jon Lovitz reprising his role as the millionaire Mel Carmichael and a whole new cast!
The Benchwarmers (2006)
cinema
My Review
“The Benchwarmers” is a sports comedy about a millionaire who helps three inept adults compete in a little league association by sponsoring their team. This horrible dud of a movie never really gets off the ground due to a terrible premise and bad production values due to sloppy direction by Dennis Dugan (“Happy Gilmore” 1996) and a terrible script written by Allen Covert and Nick Swardson.
The cast includes Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims, Tim Meadows, Nick Swardson, John Farley (brother of Chris Farley), Terry Crews, Dan Patrick, Dennis Dugan, Ron Masak, Rachel Hunter, and Patrick Schwarzenegger (son of the Governator Arnold) as a jock kid. Lending their voices to audio roles are Doug Jones as a robot servant, James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, and William Daniels as KITT.
Despite glaring deficiencies, the unwatchable monstrosity “The Benchwarmers” did enjoy some success at the box office for producer Adam Sandler, Revolution Studios, Happy Madison Productions, Columbia Pictures, and Sony Pictures Releasing. “The Benchwarmers” won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor (Rob Schneider) and a Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Worst On-Screen Hairstyle (David Spade). A direct-to-DVD sequel was released in 2018 called “Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls” with Jon Lovitz reprising his role as the millionaire Mel Carmichael and a whole new cast!