The Dink review – pickleball comedy serves up engagingly silly laughs
Jake Johnson is delusional ex-tennis player The Hammer, who has to switch to the sport he loathes after injury
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Newest first · UTC+11:00'The Dink' review: Jake Johnson and Mary Steenburgen star in pickleball comedy
This image released by Apple TV shows Mary Steenburgen, left, and Jake Johnson in a scene from “The DInk.” (Andrew Cooper/Apple TV via AP)
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