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School for Scoundrels

2006

Todd Phillips

Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Ben Stiller ...

4.8

3,970

Comedy In SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS, Jon Heder plays Roger, a beleaguered New York City meter maid who is plagued by anxiety and low self-esteem. In order to overcome his feelings of inadequacy, Roger enrolls in a top-secret confidence-building class taught by the suavely underhanded Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton). Aided by his assistant, Lesher (Michael Clarke Duncan), Dr. P uses unorthodox, often dangerous methods, but he guarantees results: Employ ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Robert Koehler Variety	"Pic seemed certain to either fly high on outrageous humor or crash under the weight of tastelessness, leaving distrib MGM with weak fall earnings. Instead, the movie just sits there and never comes alive"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[A] hot and rowdy funfest come with a sting (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The tackiness of the film, its lazy direction (...) and its self-satisfied stupidity may mean that Mr. Thornton curled his lip about the production rather than for it (...) [His] estimable talents are squandered here"
		Keith Phipps AV Club	"Thornton keeps it grounded, and there's a lot of funny stuff going on in the margins (...) But it's all too flabby to be funny"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] charmless, uncomprehending US remake (...) [Phillips] has ignored the satire and missed the point (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Sam Toy Empire	"A script that suffers the same problem as its characters - lack of confidence - is in dire need of a fire being lit under its arse (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Jamie Russell BBC	"A half-baked remake (...) If you've seen the ads, you've seen the best bits (...) 'School for Scoundrels' never quite finds the confidence it needs to transform from zero to hero (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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