Role Models

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  • Opened November 7, 2008 
  • 1 hr 35 min
  • R | crude and sexual content, strong language and nudity
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn’t look half bad. Surrounded by annoying do-gooders, Danny struggles with his every neurotic impulse to guide Augie through the trials of becoming a man. Unfortunately, the guy just dumped by his girlfriend has only sarcasm to offer a bashful 16-year-old obsessed with medieval role play. Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to trade in an addiction to partying and women to assist a fifth-grader named Ronnie redirect his foul-mouthed ways. It would probably help if Ronnie’s new mentor wasn’t an overgrown adolescent whose idea of quality time includes keggers in Venice Beach. Once the center’s ex-con director gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of immature wisdom to their charges. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson
  • Director: David Wain
  • Genres: Comedy

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by BIg_Kev_Dawg

Hilarious movie, I thought it got a little cheesy at the end, but overall hilarious movie....

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

The fun of Role Models is that it's a high-concept movie executed with speed and finesse and the kind of brusquely tossed-off obscene banter that can get you laughing before you know what hit you. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Peter Hartlaub

A funny and twisted movie from beginning to end, closing with an emotional payoff. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

Any movie that shows its heroes firing up a joint between stints as high-school anti-drug crusaders is true to its black little heart. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

It's pretty formulaic stuff, and earns its R rating with profanity and unapologetically gratuitous female nudity, but somehow has a winning knuckleheaded charm. Read full review

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Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd in "Role Models."