Look: Ed Harris, Jake Johnson, Chloe Fineman attend 'Dink' premiere
Jake Johnson plays a faded tennis pro who joins the pickleball craze as the comedy streams with Ben Stiller, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris and Patton Oswalt.
- On Friday, Apple TV premieres The Dink, a sports comedy starring Jake Johnson as a former tennis prodigy who reluctantly adopts pickleball. The film also features Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris.
- Dustin Boyd, a failed tennis prodigy coached by his exacting father Chuck, reluctantly turns to pickleball after a wrist injury ends his tennis career. He seeks redemption and his father's approval through the sport.
- Director Josh Greenbaum and producer Ben Stiller crafted the film, drawing comparisons to Dodgeball through its underdog sports narrative. Comedy veterans Patton Oswalt and Chris Parnell make cameos in the tennis club world.
- Critics note the film follows a formulaic underdog narrative, yet praise Johnson's accessible performance and the movie's humane tone. The comedy treats pickleball with irreverent respect rather than mockery.
- Pickleball participation grew over 300 percent in recent years, and The Dink capitalizes on the sport's rapid transition to mainstream prominence. The film positions the game as central to a story of cultural and personal redemption.
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'The Dink' sees comedy in US pickleball craze
His conclusion: pickleball had all the right ingredients for comedy. Greenbaum drew on that observation to direct "The Dink," an Apple TV film premiering this Friday on the streaming platform. "I think part of what's so funny about it is, you know, how quickly something that starts very (much) as casual fun can become deeply competitive and also weirdly emotional," the 47-year-old director told AFP in an interview. "The Dink" brings together Dus…
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‘The Dink’ review: Jake Johnson lifts silly-fun sports comedy from Apple TV
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Jake Johnson Premieres His Pickleball Movie ‘The Dink’ in L.A. with Ed Harris, Chloe Fineman, & More
Jake Johnson‘s new movie The Dink is premiering on Apple TV this week and he stepped out on the red […] The post Jake Johnson Premieres His Pickleball Movie ‘The Dink’ in L.A. with Ed Harris, Chloe Fineman, & More appeared first on Just Jared - Celebrity News and Gossip
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