Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, Patton Oswalt and Ben Stiller also star in the underdog flick directed by Josh Greenbaum ('Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar,' 'Will & Harper').
Jake Johnson is delusional ex-tennis player The Hammer, who has to switch to the sport he loathes after injury There’s some funny stuff here in this engagingly silly sports comedy from producer-star Jake Johnson about the world of pickleball, and how this (allegedly) facile pseudo-tennis game for ch…
THR sent its only contributor who moonlights as a pickleball instructor to assess the film's depiction of America's favorite low-pressure racket sport — and the actors' real-life skills.
You don’t have to hit hard to win pickleball — that’s the chief lesson to be taken from “The Dink,” a sports comedy titled for the dainty signature shot of the fast-growing racket sport, and it’s one that Josh Greenbaum’s film takes to heart with its own softball comic style.
“The Dink,” a pickleball comedy starring Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Ben Stiller, Chloe Fineman and Ed Harris, is receiving mostly positive reviews from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
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