Dumbbells
Comedy
DUMBBELLS follows Chris Long, an ex-NCAA star turned trainer who finds new purpose when his gym’s shallow new owner, Jack Guy, unleashes a lucrative plan to turn the neglected business into a reality show. When Chris’ complacent peers resist this new direction, he and Jack form an unlikely alliance that allows them to face the demons of their pasts and ultimately, save their gym’s future.
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United States | Los Angeles Times | "With verbal jabs and sight gags in equal measure, the script proves serviceably funny. As the film progresses, though, the hilarity does not escalate along with the outrageousness." | NEU |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "The film features an endless procession of vulgar sight gags and one-liners, with most of them failing to score." | NEG |
United States | Village Voice | "'Dumbbells' manages to be pleasant and largely inoffensive despite early indications that it might turn into a T&A-fest." | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "The movie is so incoherent that its screenplay, by Mr. Drolet and Mr. Richards, might as well have been scrawled between takes as it was being filmed." | NEG |
United States | rogerebert.com | " Dumbbells is never as shocking as it so desperately strains to be. What is shocking is the fact that this movie is seeing the light of day in actual theaters — even during the January dumping-ground time." | NEG |
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