In a film taken straight from the Judd Apatow school of film making, Role Models tells the story of two guys forced by court order do to community service at a Big Brother-type of establishment. Co-written by star Paul Rudd, the script has the almost typical one-line jokes and physical humor that we’ve come to expect from these movies. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with that. The jokes are still funny and the physical humor is still amusing, but the jokes could be transposed from any movie like this made in the last five years (40 Year old virgin, Knocked Up, etc.).
The performances were all good. Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks were great together, and Seann William Scott was stupidly annoying, but still strangely sweet and sincere. Kudos on the casting of the kids. Both were spot on and perfect fits for the roles. As for the plot, the story was fleshed out well enough, and I didn’t feel like the heart-warming, serious moments were shoved down your throat.
Moments of guts:
-Yes, we know it’s funny to make fun of LARPers. Move along.
-The foul mouth of the younger child is actually distracting at some points. (And this is coming from someone who curses every other word.)
Moments of glory:
-Jane Lynch was awkward and fantastic. Her spiel about cocaine (which you get a snippet of on the trailer) is hilarious.
-Yes, it is funny to make fun of LARPers.
Duplicate Watchability Score: 3 out of 5
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