Synopsis
A young guy short on luck, enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when his teacher has the same agenda.
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Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonDr. P
- Jon HederRoger
- Jacinda BarrettAmanda
- Sarah SilvermanBecky
- Michael Clarke DuncanLesher
- David CrossIan
- Horatio SanzDiego
- Matt WalshWalsh
- Todd LouisoEli
- Ben StillerLonnie
Recommendations
- 75
Rolling Stone
Uproarious and unexpectedly biting. - 70
Village Voice
Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton) is a classy, cool brand of vile--the demented drill sergeant in a designer suit. And Heder, cast in the role of the invisible man, is fine too. The movie wouldn't work without someone as nondescript as Heder. - 58
The A.V. Club
As usual, Thornton remains fully committed to the performance. Viewers could make a game of scanning his face for even the slightest hint of warmth. By the end of the film, that may be the surest source of entertainment. - 50
Variety
Picture seemed certain to either fly high on outrageous humor or crash under the weight of tastelessness. Instead, the movie just sits there and never comes alive. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
An inert and muddled mash-up of romantic comedy and theater of stupid cruelty. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Director Todd Phillips tries for the kind of frat slaphappiness he applied so successfully to "Old School," but these boys are less scoundrels than individual salesmen for the brands of Heder and Thornton. - 50
L.A. Weekly
This crass remake of the 1960 Robert Hamer film is kept alive for a while by director Todd Phillips (Old School), but ultimately succumbs to its weak script and hopeless typecasting. - 50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ben Stiller provides a jolt of personality as a past victim who rouses himself from exile, but otherwise Todd Phillips' fitfully funny script never delivers the crude creativity or the raw energy that feeds this genre of proudly crass male-centric comedies.
