Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Lame script -- lame lead.

Don't get me wrong. I like the concept behind Dodgeball -- the lowbrow comedy that actual works a couple of times during this otherwise woefully mediocre film. The writing is the worst part. The actors make much of a lot of really unfunny lines -- the dialogue is so off-the-mark that it rarely brings even a smile to the lips. Add to this a male lead who is about as bland and uninteresting as you can imagine -- playing a sort of everyman that you can't even begin to root for -- and Dodgeball becomes a rather bland mess that doesn't live up to the potential of some of its funnier stars (Stephen Root and Ben Stiller at the top of the list).These writers must be related to major Hollywood hitters. No other explanation for how such mediocrity could make it to the screen.