There is admittedly a cliche heartwarming plot line that takes up the second act and will have few surprises but a bucket load of laughs. I won’t spoil it for you if you have not yet seen this.Ī lot happens in the film as the two losers try to meet their hours of public service but don’t quite get how this service works. You get a sense of what kind of fun friend he could be when he encourages Danny to use the phrase “Whispering Eye”. A socially maladjusted teen, maybe a little old for the program but who needs the kind of attention a good pal would bring. This was his next role, playing the awkward Augie. Maybe I’m a little sheltered but if I met a nine year old kid with a mouth like that, I’d be looking for child protective services to take him out of the environment he is being raised in.Ĭhristopher Mintz-Plasse is so familiar a face in movies now a days, that it is hard to remember what a sensation he was in “Superbad”. Thompson has personality to spare and he plays up the part so well that I wondered how they got away with the dialogue he has to speak. In a battle of wits with Wheeler, the kid wins most of the time. Ronnie, is a pre teen firecracker with the mouth of a sailor. The two kids that Danny and Wheeler get matched up with are nightmares themselves. If “Big Bird” was a human, he’d look and move like Gayle (of course that language would never come out of his mouth). Before she was drained of all her charm by “Glee” she made this movie a comic gem by her presence. Her lines are some of the most foul and most quotable and of course the most funny. She is in the movie for about ten minutes and steals every scene she appears in. Sturdy Wings is founded and run by addict turned do-gooder Gayle Sweeny, played by the acerbic Jane Lynch. Congratulations, you’re stupid in three languages. Venti is the only one that doesn’t mean large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Thankfully, before that happens we get an exchange like this:ĭanny: No, venti is twenty. Obviously, the events in the film are designed to be a wake up call for him to adjust his attitude. Paul Rudd plays him as if he has a chip on his shoulder and he uses it to justify being a douche to everyone around him. Danny is at the point in life where he is afraid he is settling and he does not like it. Wheeler’s counterpart is Danny, the spokesperson for an energy drink who despises his job. You don’t think I’ve noticed those 34 C’s in the camouflage tank top setting up a tent directly to the left of us? Or how about those twin cannons hiking up a mountain ridge 50 yards due west? Or the ridge itself? Round mounds of grass shaped like… You know, being aware without drawing attention. Wheeler: Never stare at the boobies, kid. Wheeler is an amiable goof who probably will not get far in life but who deserves every friend he has. While there are some drug references, this is not a stoner film like the Seth Rogan comedies of the past ten years. As Wheeler, the less ambitious and more socially satisfied of the two, he espouses wisdom like a college student, after midnight on a three hour buzz from the hot box he got out of on his way to the frat party. He has made a bunch of films that are entertaining and while he is not really a thespian per se, he is usually cast very well and “Role Models” may very well be his perfect role. I’m not sure why Sean William Scott gets the crap I hear flung at him. Here they are matched with a couple of youngsters and the bonding and hilarity ensue. They get sent over to “Sturdy Wings” a mentoring organization along the lines of Big Brothers. Two guys who work together get into a legal tangle and have to do some community service as a way of avoiding jail time. This is dumb comedy done in a smart way and it has so many quotable lines that it could easily displace Caddyshack on the list of guy movies that guys will quote incessantly. If you are a fan of films like “I Love Man” or “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” then you don’t want to miss this treat starring the slacker gods Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd. It is just funny as all get out with wiseacre talk, inappropriate life lessons and a cast of funny people who are just trying to entertain you for a couple of hours. There is no historical value, cinema language, or back story intrigue to make this a movie you should see.
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