Variety film critic Guy Lodge reviews "The Dink," a new Apple TV original sports comedy directed by Josh Greenbaum that pits pickleball against tennis. The film follows a disgraced former tennis prodigy who is humbled by a group of enthusiastic amateur pickleball players, aiming for the good-natured, non-confrontational tone associated with the fast-growing sport, but the review finds it largely short on genuine laughs despite its amiable premise.

Jake Johnson stars as Dusty Boyd, a onetime junior tennis star whose career was derailed by injury and an overbearing father (Ed Harris), who now coaches at an elite tennis club before clashing with pickleball players including Mary Steenburgen's Candace. The review praises the surprising chemistry between Johnson, 48, and Steenburgen, 73, as the film's standout element, alongside cameos from real tennis pros Andy Roddick and John McEnroe, but notes the Sean Clements-penned script (his feature writing debut) is otherwise formulaic, and producer Ben Stiller's involvement invites unflattering comparisons to the funnier 2004 comedy "Dodgeball."