Role Models movie
Despite having watched this to get out of seeing a chick flick on Valentine’s day, this was actually pretty good! It has the obligatory Stifler from American pie and also the chick who plays the psychiatrist on Two and a Half Men.
It’s classic situation comedy with the frustrated guy in his thirties getting angry, stuffing up and in trouble with the law. Him and his mate have to do community service which involves mentoring socially awkward kids. Stifler and his mate are partnered up, Stifler with a 6 year old that swears like Kevin Bloody Wilson’s love child and the other with a medieval role playing game freak.
It’s pretty formulaic in its approach from here on in. Thankfully the medievalness and Stifler’s character’s love of rock demi gods Kiss save this from being in the weekly rental bin in five minutes. It gives the movie some good comedic backbone and needed kitschiness. The two kids are seriously good actors (the medieval nerdy one is like an adolescent Crispin Glover) while their plight is easy to relate to yet you’re not asked to drown them in ‘awwwwwwww’ type symathy.
This is a major studio movie with a really art house tinge. Well worth checking out.
Posted: February 17th, 2009 under Movie Reviews.
Comment from Trudy
Time February 17, 2009 at 8:04 pm
I do not see this movie, but I sure I would like to see, because I love comedy, and always watch all the new films.