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.
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
If it was still the 1980s, then Dumbbells might actually be a hit.
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.
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A few barely conceived scenes allow Carl Reiner, Tom Arnold and Jay Mohr to show up for a quick paycheck. What’s that title again?
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com
Worst of all: 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.