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Role Models

  • 20082008
  • RR
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd in Role Models (2008)
This is the first theatrical trailer for Role Models, directed by David Wain.
Play trailer2:28
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Comedy
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IMDb RATING
6.8/10
234K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,856
80
    • David Wain
  • Writers
    • Timothy Dowling(story)
    • William Blake Herron(story)
    • Paul Rudd(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Rudd
    • Seann William Scott
    • Elizabeth Banks
    • David Wain
  • Writers
    • Timothy Dowling(story)
    • William Blake Herron(story)
    • Paul Rudd(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Rudd
    • Seann William Scott
    • Elizabeth Banks
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 218User reviews
    • 128Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
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    Videos2

    Role Models: Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:28
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    Role Models
    Interview 0:30
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    Photos223

    Seann William Scott in Role Models (2008)
    David Wain in Role Models (2008)
    Seann William Scott and Bobb'e J. Thompson in Role Models (2008)
    Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd in Role Models (2008)
    Paul Rudd in Role Models (2008)
    Jane Lynch in Role Models (2008)
    Seann William Scott, Bobb'e J. Thompson, and Nicole Randall Johnson in Role Models (2008)
    Ken Marino in Role Models (2008)
    Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, and David Wain in Role Models (2008)
    Role Models (2008)
    Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd in Role Models (2008)
    Jane Lynch and A.D. Miles in Role Models (2008)

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    Paul Rudd
    Paul Rudd
    • Danny
    Seann William Scott
    Seann William Scott
    • Wheeler
    Elizabeth Banks
    Elizabeth Banks
    • Beth
    Christopher Mintz-Plasse
    Christopher Mintz-Plasse
    • Augie
    Bobb'e J. Thompson
    Bobb'e J. Thompson
    • Ronnie
    Jane Lynch
    Jane Lynch
    • Sweeny
    Ken Jeong
    Ken Jeong
    • King Argotron
    Ken Marino
    Ken Marino
    • Jim Stansel
    Kerri Kenney
    Kerri Kenney
    • Lynette
    • (as Kerri Kenney-Silver)
    A.D. Miles
    A.D. Miles
    • Martin
    Joe Lo Truglio
    Joe Lo Truglio
    • Kuzzik
    Matt Walsh
    Matt Walsh
    • Davith of Glencracken
    Nicole Randall Johnson
    Nicole Randall Johnson
    • Karen
    Alexandra Stamler
    Alexandra Stamler
    • Esplen
    • (as Allie Stamler)
    Carly Craig
    Carly Craig
    • Connie
    Jessica Morris
    Jessica Morris
    • Linda the Teacher
    Vincent Martella
    Vincent Martella
    • Artonius
    Armen Weitzman
    Armen Weitzman
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      • David Wain
    • Writers
      • Timothy Dowling(story) (screenplay)
      • William Blake Herron(story)
      • Paul Rudd(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Many lines in the film were improvised. The writers did constant rewrites and came up with ideas during filming but had to stop because of the 2007 Writers Guild strike.
    • Goofs
      When Ronnie is playing Xbox with the stoner at the party, on screen it clearly says Replay in the top left corner when the stoner scores the game winning goal.
    • Quotes

      Barista: Good morning! Can I take your order?

      Beth: Can I get a tall chai?

      Danny: And a large black coffee.

      Barista: A what?

      Danny: Large black coffee.

      Barista: Do you mean a venti?

      Danny: No, I mean a large.

      Beth: He means a venti. Yeah, the biggest one you've got.

      Barista: Venti means large.

      Danny: No. Venti means "twenty".

      Beth: Danny...

      Danny: Yeah. "Large" is large. In fact, "tall" is large, and "grande" is Spanish for large. "Venti" is the only one that doesn't mean large. It's also the only one that's Italian. Congratulations! You're stupid in three languages.

      Barista: Look, dick... venti is a large coffee.

      Danny: Oh, really? Says who, Fellini?

      Beth: [quickly reaches for her wallet] How much is that? Here's a ten.

      Danny: Do you, uh, accept lire? Or is it all Euros now?

    • Crazy credits
      Halfway through the end credits, we cut back to Gayle Sweeny repeating her suggestive use of a hot-dog toward Jim Stansel (continuously pushes the end out of its bun while he sticks it back in).
    • Alternate versions
      Unrated Version Includes 8 cuts and 2 using alternative footage, total difference is 2:12 min.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Alice in Wonderland/Stolen/Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Broken and Bent
      Written by Peter Salett

      Performed by Peter Salett

    User reviews218

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    Featured review
    6/10
    Refreshingly good natured comedy. You just have to read beteween the lines.
    Danny (Paul Rudd) has a bad day on the job and drags his loyal but dim-witted buddy Wheeler (Sean William Scott) down with him. Danny is a 'Red Bull' style energy drink spokesman, Wheeler is the guy in the bull suit that jumps around beside him. In the same 24 hours Danny loses his girlfriend, license and job.

    In reality he starts by losing the girlfriend Beth (Elizabeth Banks), and his subsequent tantrum and stupidity sees him lose both license and job and sees him teetering on the verge of imprisonment. Somehow guilt by association sees Wheeler in the same predicament.

    To avoid jail Beth – who happens to be a lawyer = lucky – wrangles community service instead. Service in the form of helping disadvantaged and troubled kids for a company named 'Sturdy Wings'.

    This shakiest of premises: allowing unreliable young men to mentor impressionable young boys, sets the scene for the slap dash stuff that follows. Miraculously enough though the threadbare premise is held together by enough jokes and amusing moments to make the thing worthwhile, largely due to the continued comedic stylings of one Paul Rudd, and the strength of the various supporting bit parts on display throughout.

    When allotted their respective 'littles' (Danny and Wheeler are 'bigs') by Sturdy Wings boss and recovering alcoholic Sweeney (Jane Lynch) we immediately see where this is going.

    Danny considers himself 'normal', but in reality he is so concerned with not being deemed 'uncool' that his disdain for cliché and obvious statements leaves everyone else bored by his constant judgment. He scores 16ish Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), a medieval-style role player who is intensely insecure when not in character, and intensely-intense when he is.

    Wheeler on the other hand wants no part of responsibility of any kind. He is more than happy being the jumping around sidekick in the costume and has no thought for his own future. For now he is all about the… well let's just say boobies (and everything below). Of course he is allocated troubled young 8ish Ronnie, a profane little sh*t-stirrer who wants nothing more than to not have to deal with adults.

    Each kid has parental issues – but ones that don't kill the potential laughs – no abuse here, and the guys must get through to the children in their own way, and sucks; maybe learn a little about themselves on the way… What develops is a rom-com with all the associated hijinks, temporary fall-outs and hitches, only between an adult male and a kid/youth, but that's not where the laughs are born.

    Role Models works best in the smaller roles, the now renowned Ken Jeong keeps his pants on this time and plays the King of the role playing game L.A.I.R.E., surrounded by his toadying minions and remaining in character even away from the game in his kingdom at the local cafe. Jane Lynch is a little OTT with the attempted mind games as the Sturdy Wings boss, but she also gets a few of the best lines in the flick, and there are numerous other bit roles – each with a couple jokes – filled by character actors that'll have you remembering them from other bit roles in other flicks.

    The jokes are thrown about quick and fast, and while some don't work enough do to make Role Models a lot like I Love You, Man and Knocked Up, lightweight and amusing enough to justify your time, with occasional genuine humour (and unexpected nudity!).

    Final Rating – 6 / 10. I can see the future. When I watched this 4 days ago I knew myself well enough that I wrote "It really is a 6" next to the rating. You might not recall Role Models as such a cracking laugh weeks after the viewing, but while you are watching it is a good time.
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    • oneguyrambling
    • Dec 28, 2011

    FAQ4

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      • November 7, 2008 (United States)
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      • Oak Park, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Stuber/Parent
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