Mr. Woodcock (2007)
Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 110
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 96
Underutilizing a talented cast, Mr. Woodcock lacks the comic energy and timing to make the most of its intriguing premise.
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 22
Underutilizing a talented cast, Mr. Woodcock lacks the comic energy and timing to make the most of its intriguing premise.
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Every junior-high geek's worst nightmare becomes a reality in this comedy. John Farley (Seann William Scott) grew up as a chubby kid with no athletic skills and poor self-esteem, and during his early teenage years his nemesis was Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton), his junior-high gym teacher, who took a sadistic glee in tormenting John and others like them. Years later, John has slimmed down, come to terms with his self-image, and become a best-selling author, publishing a self-help book on
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Billy Bob Thornton
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Seann William Scott
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Susan Sarandon
Beverly -
Amy Poehler
Maggie -
Ethan Suplee
Nedderman -
Melissa Sagemiller
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All Critics (114) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (100) | DVD (15)
The amusingly deadpan Thornton cock-slaps the wishy-washy Scott through a medley of visual gags and dick jokes.
Top CriticA dreary and depressing alleged comedy that takes a talented cast and a promising germ of an idea, and kills it dead.
This may be the most laugh-free comedy of the year.
Between Mr. Thornton's wry performance and Tami Reiker's nuanced wide-screen photography, you half-expect Woodcock to deliver more than formulaic laughs.
This movie makes a much better case study for aspiring entertainment executives than it does a cinematic experience. What it most emphatically is not is a date movie.
While two novice screenwriters are officially credited with the script, the movie lurches around like something assembled by committee.
Mr Woodcock is ok as far as predictable, low-brow Hollywood comedies are concerned, and it's considerably elevated by its above average cast.
More abusive humor from Billy Bob Thornton.
O longa não apenas acaba se revelando terrivelmente sem graça como também assusta por sua moral torta, condizente com a do personagem-título.
we're stuck with Amy Poehler telling us she's an alcoholic and an unaware Susan Sarandon watching two men act like idiots, which unfortunately isn't funny at all.
...a tedious and hackneyed effort that surely (and hopefully) marks Billy Bob Thornton's final appearance as a comedically misanthropic curmudgeon...
... [D]irector Craig Gillespie and his screenwriters can't seem to find anything interesting to do with these two.
It's hard to believe after watching this film that an Oscar winner like Billy Bob Thornton chose to be in it.
The whole film is like a depressing nightmare.
Apparently, Billy Bob Thornton has embraced the idea of appealing to the lowest possible common denominator. How else can you explain his presence in another bad taste bottom-feeder which might have been better titled Bad Gym Teacher, ala Bad Santa?
A mean-spirited insult comedy laced with locker room humor.
Has the mark of something dashed off after reading what dozens of screenwriting manuals had to say about the marketplace and the three-act paradigm, but not one word about characterization or dramatic unity.
A close reading of Mr. Woodcock reveals a dark, depressing film about small town decline. I think.
One can't help but wonder what the Coens or Farrellys might have done with this cast and premise.
Audience Reviews for Mr. Woodcock
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Super Reviewer
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- Mr. Woodcock: I don't do sorry.
- John Farley: What?
- Mr. Woodcock: Sorry is for criminals and screw-ups and I'm neither one.
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