Critically Acclaimed: The Benchwarmers and Stephen King’s IT

Rob Schneider does not have a celebrated career in cinema, and that includes his ill-received baseball comedy THE BENCHWARMERS, which stars Schneider, Jon Heder and David Spade as full-grown dorks who play baseball against mean-spirited Little League teams to teach bullies a lesson. It may seem as though a movie with fart and booger jokes is a strange double-feature with Andres Muschietti’s adaptation of STEPHEN KING’S IT, but we found a way to make it work, by focusing on the different ways each film handles the impact of childhood trauma on the victims of bullying! Plus, reviews of the new releases CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, THE DARKEST MINDS and THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, and more letters from our listeners! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, and follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold. Check out our new website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, and follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold. Schedule: 1:33 - Introductions 3:33 - Christopher Robin 35:55 - The Darkest Minds 48:58 - The Spy Who Dumped Me 54:44 - The Benchwarmers 1:14:34 - Stephen King’s It 1:44:34 - Letters: Movies That Heal Friendships/Movies Where Nothing Happens, How to Deal With Problematic Older Movies