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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.
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.
Rudd, who co-wrote the script with director David Wain (among others), clearly learned a few things working on Judd Apatow comedies.
I really had a lot of fun.
Role Models wobbles like crazy en route to a surprisingly strong finish.
You can probably figure out how this is all going to end, but it still has more laughs than you might think.
Two boyish mentors bond with their charges in a swift comedy that lampoons Big Brother programs and the world of live-action role-play.
Role Models is Rudd's first screenplay credit, and to that all we can say is, what on earth took so long?
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...
Role Models plays loose and easy, but not to the point of being lazy.
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.
A light but heartily funny diversion, best served with a raucous audience who appreciate a masterful KISS joke when they see one.
A typically underwhelming post-Apatow comedy...
There's a constant sarcastic rapport between Rudd and Scott right from the get-go that makes the wholly expected plot developments easier to stomach.
Role Models is a film for the nerds, by the nerds. Lucky for Role Models, the rest of our culture is catching up and are invited along as well.
Each bottom feeding joke manages to be more side-splitting than the last.
Bobb'e J. Thompson upstages the entire cast with his wit. Thompson was so crass -- I haven't seen a kid curse this much in a movie since Linda Blair in 'The Exorcist'!
... One of the best recent comedies not bearing the Apatow name.
No one is going to marvel at the actors' Stanislavsky-like artistry, but Scott and Rudd are fun to watch and their bickering is hilarious...
There are some very serious issues here about absent fathers and the lack of positive role models for young males, but they're just a cynical hook for a film full of homophobic, misogynist humour.
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