Role Models
Danny and Wheeler 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.
13 July 1969, Detroit, Michigan, USA
16 May 1979, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
20 January 1970, Westport, Connecticut, USA
4 August 1989, Northridge, California, USA
12 May 1969, Easton, Maryland, USA
17 January 1992, Ravenna, Ohio, USA
30 March 1982, Montclair, California, USA
20 June 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 15, 2011
Two boyish mentors bond with their charges in a swift comedy that lampoons Big Brother programs and the world of live-action role-play.
July 06, 2010
Role Models plays loose and easy, but not to the point of being lazy.
January 09, 2009
'Role Models' isn't trying to reinvent the wheel, just polish it up a little. What emerges is a memorable slice of modern slapstick, with charm to spare and just a touch of soul.
July 06, 2010
A formulaic movie can be lifted out of its built-in rut by making it look like it invented the formula. Almost everything works here.
November 14, 2008
Role Models follows a well-worn path, but thanks to a sure-footed cast and crew, it doesn't just go through the motions.
July 06, 2010
Role Models could have been another formulaic comedy, fresh off the assembly line. Instead, the work of Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott here is worthy of praise and one of the funnier films this year.
September 29, 2012
If there's any justice, Role Models will see Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott propelled to the status of comedy Gods.
November 21, 2008
Rudd, who co-wrote the script with director David Wain (among others), clearly learned a few things working on Judd Apatow comedies.
July 06, 2010
Role Models is Rudd's first screenplay credit, and to that all we can say is, what on earth took so long?
July 06, 2010
Rudd and Scott aren't stretching any new muscles, but Rudd's glum disaffection and Scott's bozo bonhomie do gel with a satisfying stickiness. They handle the gaping innuendo with such delicacy we know that they know they're better than this.
July 06, 2010
This is an obviously contrived plot, but the script, co-written by Rudd, director David Wain, support actor Ken Marino and writer Tim Dowling, is packed with great jokes...
