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School for Scoundrels (2006) -- 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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School for Scoundrels (2006) -- 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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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   13,271 votes
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Director:
Todd Phillips
Writers (WGA):
Todd Phillips (screenplay) &
Scot Armstrong (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 September 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
Too nice? Too honest? Too *you*? Help is on the way. more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(8 articles)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Better Man (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, crude and sexual content, and some violence.
Runtime:
100 min | USA:108 min (unrated version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

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Trivia:
Director Todd Phillips first offered the lead role to Howard Stern (Phillips is a big Stern fan), but Stern had to turn it down because he was about to leave terrestrial radio for satellite radio and did not have the time to film a movie. The role eventually went to Billy Bob Thornton. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: A defibrillator delivers one instantaneous jolt, not an extended current. Once the paddles discharge through a conductor (like the human body), they are no longer electrified until he machine is activated again and can build up a charge. more
Quotes:
Ian: Roger, I used to be just like you. But look at me now, I'm awesome! I run this entire place. I'm dating TWO Asian chicks! more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Fight Club (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Tivoli-Rutsch-Walzer, Op. 39 more

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11 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
Uneducating, 22 September 2006
5/10
Author: bitcetc from United States

Adequately entertaining. Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder make mildly interesting, obviously unmatched adversaries. Talented supporting cast also supplies some interest, but no character is fully developed. Michael Clarke Duncan comes the closest, but his hostility, his back story, his orientation is unexplained and sometimes inexplicable. Jacinda Barrett plays a nice girl, and does a nice job. Some laughs, interrupted by huge plot holes. What is Sarah Silverman doing, except being nasty?

The premise is funny. Who hasn't felt like "the nice guy who finishes last", with the exception of people like the self-proclaimed "Doctor P", Billy Bob Thornton, who teaches the class of the weak and the meek to become lions. The overall mediocrity of the mess is pretty much attributable to director Todd Phillips ("Old School", "Starsky and Hutch"). Wait for the DVD, and rent it for $1.00; don't buy it.

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