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Film Critique
'Role' playing
Stupid buddy comedy revels in, rises above formula
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November 06, 2008 Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd (who co-wrote the screenplay) star as energy drink pitchmen whose bad behavior puts them in a community service position where, for over 100 hours, they must inspire the lives of unruly children. The two leads have been cast according to their familiar comic personas—while both have shined in dramatic roles (particularly Rudd, an accomplished Broadway actor), they've been cast here in the kind of goofball parts that made them famous. They make an acceptable comedy team and are clearly willing to do anything for a laugh.
As for the movie itself, nobody who pays to see this is going to care how predictable, relentlessly vulgar and formulaic it is. In fact, putting good taste aside, I laughed a lot; this has some of the funniest one-liners of the year.
The screenplay is sneakily clever, with quips about Marvin Hamlisch and Federico Fellini snuck into the mix of one-liners involving male and female genitalia. The film is similar in a lot of ways to Step Brothers but more inventive; the story is familiar but the laughs rarely stop. This plays like one of the better Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell comedies.
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Director David Wain also helmed the cult classic Wet Hot American Summer, which similarly took a typical comedy vehicle and turned it on its ear. Prepare to laugh. A lot. MTW
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