Films like Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle sports / underdog, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) poster
1. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle2004

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Isi & Disi: alto voltaje (2006) poster
2. Isi & Disi: alto voltaje2006

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

St Trinian's (2007) poster
3. St Trinian's2007

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Anchorman (2004) poster
4. Anchorman2004

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Waterboy (1998) poster
5. The Waterboy1998

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Comebacks (2007) poster
6. The Comebacks2007

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Partner (2007) poster
7. Partner2007

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Yahşi Batı (2009) poster
8. Yahşi Batı2009

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tommy Boy (1995) poster
9. Tommy Boy1995

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dhamaal (2007) poster
10. Dhamaal2007

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

American Pie (1999) poster
11. American Pie1999

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Wayne's World (1992) poster
12. Wayne's World1992

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →