Product Description
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Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott star in Role Models as Danny
and Wheeler, two salesmen who t a company truck on an energy
drink-fuelled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a
choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship
programme. 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 (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)
through the trials of becoming a man. Unfortunately, the guy just
dumped by his girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks) 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 (Bobb'e
Thompson) to 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 centre's ex-con director (Jane Lynch) gives them an
ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of
immature wisdom to their charges. And if they can just make it
through probation without getting thrown in jail, the world's
worst role models will prove that, sometimes, it takes a village
idiot to raise a child.
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.co.uk Review
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Raunchy, but not ting, Role Models is an exceptionally
funny slacker comedy co-written by Paul Rudd. Rudd stars as
Danny, one-half of a team (along with Seann William Scott's
character, Wheeler) that visits schools on behalf of a
power-drink company. With his lack of enthusiasm for work and his
life painfully evident, Danny loses his live-in girlfriend, Beth
(Elizabeth Banks), and soon has a run-in with the law resulting
in community service for him and Wheeler. Ordered to appear at a
Big Brothers-like organisation, Danny is partnered with a lonely
if brilliant adolescent boy, Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse),
while Wheeler is hooked up with a foul-mouthed pre-teen named
Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson). Neither of the men has anything in
common with their charges, a fact exacerbated when Danny
reluctantly attends Augie's participation in a weekend
role-playing fantasy game with a medieval flavour. Meanwhile,
Wheeler just tries to survive his ongoing power struggle with
Ronnie. Both sets of relationships improve when Danny and Wheeler
begin to meet their kids halfway and even learn to empathise with
them, though the results are sometimes comically bumpy before the
characters all hit their groove. There are a number of hilarious
scenes (the film definitely deserves its R rating) and more than
a few thoughtful ones, including a terrific moment where Danny
defends Augie to the latter's critical parents over an awkward
dinner. Jane Lynch is very funny as a semi-insane director of the
program pairing kids and adults, and Banks (W.) is very appealing
as Danny's unhappy ex-girlfriend. --Tom Keogh