The new Benchwarmers trailer has hit the net recently… and it’s every bit as sad as I thought it would be. I used to be a BIG David Spade fan, but he’s become just painful to watch ever since Joe Dirt. Don’t even get me started on Rob Schneider, and Jon Heder needs a better agent who won’t get him caught up in project like this one and allow his name to be associated with Spade’s and Schneider’s.
The idea behind the film sounds like it’s supposed to make you laugh… but it doesn’t:
The Benchwarmers tells the story of three guys who try to make up for their lack of athleticism when they were younger by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseballers. They develop a large following of left-out kids as they head for a high-stakes, winner-take all game with the best team of kids in the state.
The Benchwarmers trailer looks like nothing but a poor mans Dodgeball… but without the talent or laughing. As a matter of fact the only potentially positive thing about this project that makes me even think that I MAY want to see it is the fact that Jon Lovitz is in it. After that… I’ve got nothing.
So go ahead and “treat” yourself the the Benchwarmers trailer over here. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.
