The sports comedy genre parodies the world of athletic excellence, often focusing on characters that embody failure, cynicism, and ridiculous ambition. These films frequently highlight the humorous failures of their sports-motivated protagonists rather than their successes. In line with this genre, the list includes 25 notable sports comedies, emphasizing movies where sports are central to the plot. The movie Champions illustrates this dynamic, featuring a disgraced coach assigned to lead a team of players with developmental disabilities, and showcases how humor can stem from unexpected premises.
The premise of Champions - a disgraced basketball coach (Woody Harrelson) is forced to do community service by coaching a basketball team full of players with developmental disabilities - would be skirting the edge of offensiveness in 1978, let alone in 2023, and that's not even accounting for the fact that it was directed by a Farrelly brother (and not the one who did Green Book). But, improbably, Champions is a good little sports movie, one that consistently has audiences laughing.
More often than not, the sports comedy mocks the physical greatness necessary to be a champion. These films are usually littered with bums and losers - people who really should have moved on with their lives.
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