Dodgeball

Ben Stiller continues to carve out a reputation as the funniest man in modern Hollywood and with movies like this you can see why. It is insane, illogical fun from the start, with a plethora of bizarre characters well observed. It is always a test with a comedy if it makes you smile in amusement, chuckle or belly laugh - this one had me doing the latter for almost the whole 90 minutes. Great lines like "you're about as useless as a cock flavoured lollipop" blend beautifully with the more obvious slapstick on display, but it is the use of cameos which sets this apart from the crowd - Hasselhoff, Shatner, Lance Armstrong in an inspired moment and of course Chuck Norris. The show belongs to Stiller though, having created another immortal character for his C.V. - there's nothing subtle about his delivery, but who cares, it's hilarious! 8/10 Kx