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Movie critics combined give Role Models (2008) a score of 2.5822 out of 4
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Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
Manages to carve out a niche of its own: the formulaic, mildly post-modern, potty-mouthed After School Special. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Adam Graham)Detroit News (Adam Graham)
Familiar but fresh, delivered handily with a wry wink and a nod. For that, it's a film worth looking up to. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Detroit News (Adam Graham)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
The fun of Role Models is that it's a high-concept movie executed with speed and finesse and the kind of brusquely tossed-off obscene banter that can get you laughing before you know what hit you. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (James Rocchi)Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Role Models is foul-mouthed, warm-hearted, brilliantly stupid ... and the best comedy of the year. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Tri-City Herald (Gary Wolcott)Tri-City Herald (Gary Wolcott)
His [Paul Rudd's] disarming, boy-next-door persona makes every movie he's in better. Rudd should make more of them. Or not. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Tri-City Herald (Gary Wolcott)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.04 out of 4 stars for Paste Magazine (Sean Gandert)Paste Magazine (Sean Gandert)
What it is, though, is well acted, well written and extremely polished. Most important of all, it's really funny. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Paste Magazine (Sean Gandert)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Jason Anderson)Toronto Star (Jason Anderson)
There are three things that every modern screen comedy needs: references to old KISS songs, guys dressed as knights whacking each other with foam swords, and a potty-mouthed 10-year-old. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Toronto Star (Jason Anderson)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
[It's] fueled by genuine affection for its oddball characters. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
It's pretty formulaic stuff, and earns its R rating with profanity and unapologetically gratuitous female nudity, but somehow has a winning knuckleheaded charm. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
It's hard to remember a recent comedy that piled one memorable moment after another near the ending as this one does. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Lynch's scenes as the chipper 12-stepping counselor -- who always seems a little too eager to talk about her days before sobriety -- are pretty hilarious. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Kyle Smith)New York Post (Kyle Smith)
You stand a fair chance of emerging from the movie with your lack of faith in humanity unchallenged. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Role Models proves that a drab and formulaic Hollywood studio comedy can still make you laugh hard enough to choke on your popcorn. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Role Models crosses plenty of familiar territory, but Wain and his merry band of mischief-makers offer a likeable, laughable mix of testosterone and heart. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
The unapologetic raunchy attitude and clever crassness saves the movie from its own self-inflicted wounds. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
"Role Models" is a film that works better than it should. The freshness of the writing and some inspired performances turn this into a surprisingly feel-good - if raunchy - comedy. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
What works is its canny deployment of reasonable warmth and, hold on to your hats, surprising smarts. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Times (Christian Toto)Washington Times (Christian Toto)
Don't do as these naughty Role Models do, just laugh right along with them. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Washington Times (Christian Toto)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
Here, he's actually got a story and some characters to work with, and can add offbeat, even subversive humor to a sturdy plot structure. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
In Role Models, Wain buys into the sturdy commercial formulas he's spent his career mocking, but the results are so winning that they threaten to give selling out a good name. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Associated Press (Christy Lemire)Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
The script's rampant wrongness would have been amusing enough on the page, but the delivery from the cast makes the material consistently laugh-out-loud funny. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Though its grosses may not soar into the realm occupied by Superbad and American Pie, it has more sympathy for its characters. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Role Models is about as irresponsible and as irreverent as a movie comedy can be. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Neely Tucker)Washington Post (Neely Tucker)
You can probably figure out how this is all going to end, but it still has more laughs than you might think. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Washington Post (Neely Tucker)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
All the people behind me in the back section were cackling their heads off during most of the movie. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
No matter what dumbest-smart-guy-in-the-room he's playing, Paul Rudd just makes films better. If only this 'Ben Affleck' would move to Kiss-my-anthia with me. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
David Wain's Role Models can both stand proudly alongside the recent spate of vulgar R-rated comedies and provide definitive proof why we no longer laugh at Sandler's films. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)
Good fun for males in the mental age bracket of 14-22, which is most males. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Role Models is a rare mainstream buddy comedy that deftly blends the endearing and the vulgar and intersperses raucous humor with subtle wit. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Seann William Scott) are typical buddies we all know so well from movies. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Rotten Tomatoes
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Sometimes a shamelessly stoopid, proudly profane R-rated comedy is all you want out of life. Role Models more than fills the bill. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Role Models is the kind of movie you don't see every day, a comedy that is funny. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MTV (Kurt Loder)MTV (Kurt Loder)
If the picture sometimes seems like little more than a clothesline for gags, and its dude-child characters are beginning to look a little shopworn, and it sinks into raucous silliness toward the end, it's still consistently funny... ...read the complete Role Models movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
The scruffy comedy Role Models gets a nice boost from the buddy-movie casting of Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Press (Armond White)New York Press (Armond White)
Role Models’ sweeter, more mature perspective on manhood and people-hood avoids the Apatow curse. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at New York Press (Armond White)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
McLovin runs away with the movie and exploring his nerddom pays huge dividends. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
It climaxes poorly with a wishful pat ending. But by that time, the film had won me over. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)
The general tone is one of crusty, unapologetic misanthropy, driven home by the formidable Rudd (who also kicked in on the script). ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Variety (Dennis Harvey)Variety (Dennis Harvey)
Los Angelenos Danny (Rudd) and Wheeler (Scott) work for energy-drink company Minotaur, driving a novelty monster truck to schools where they -- Wheeler costumed as hairy "Minotaur Man" -- plug their legal-high product via facetious "Just say no to drugs!" ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Variety (Dennis Harvey)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for About.com (Rebecca Murray)About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Is it weird to call an R-rated comedy that features a kid cussing like a sailor 'cute'? ...read the complete Role Models movie review at About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Slate (Dana Stevens)Slate (Dana Stevens)
Like any formula, it can work if done well, and Role Models is strewn with enough serendipities to make it a worthy variation on the dudes-grow-up genre. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Is this the funniest movie from Wain or anyone involved in the cast? No, probably not, but you should get enough laughs out of it that it shouldn't be completely written off as a loss. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Role Models wobbles like crazy en route to a surprisingly strong finish. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
With low aspirations come low expectations comes modest surprise. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)
For every bit of frat-house jocularity there's a quiet, off-the-wall moment to keep things grounded in this surprisingly satisfying comedy. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Susan GrangerSusan Granger
Anarchy reigns in this raunchy, profanity-laden, arrested development comedy about two immature buddies with commitment issues. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Susan Granger
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Reporter (John DeFore)Hollywood Reporter (John DeFore)
A broad but satisfying multiplex comedy. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Hollywood Reporter (John DeFore)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
The movie, like its unlikely heroes, has its pungent moments. At its best, it balances salt and sap. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Sin Magazine (Austin Kennedy)Sin Magazine (Austin Kennedy)
As far as raunchy comedies go, I would rank this under "eh.." ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Sin Magazine (Austin Kennedy)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)
works well enough for fans of blue humor, but doesn't have enough heart to make the film into a triumph of the genre. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Something bizarre starts to happen around the halfway mark, perhaps because no one knew how to develop the original premise. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
It's not the best comedy of the season, but it's far from the worst, and some days that's more than enough. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
It’s all very wrong, but, strangely enough, also quite right. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
The goofy works when Role Models is outright goofy ...read the complete Role Models movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
...finds its humor in excess, the best of it from supporting players. Jane Lynch is at her most inspired... ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Shock value can only carry you so far. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for E! Online (Alex Markerson)E! Online (Alex Markerson)
It's not often that a film with mortifying first-act problems redeems itself, but somehow Role Models manages to grow in parallel with its characters. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at E! Online (Alex Markerson)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Daniel Getahun)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Daniel Getahun)
Although it delivers a consistent dose of chuckles, you can't help but wonder if Role Models falls short of its potential. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Daniel Getahun)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow)Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Paul Rudd, who has been the best thing in too many films, has co-created a film that manages to insult the intelligence of its characters without insulting the intelligence of its audience. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Role Models (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
It may not be the most original comedy ever, but what Role Models lacks in originality of concept, it makes up for in the natural wittiness of its actors. ...read the complete Role Models movie review at Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
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2.6366
Role Models (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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2.5822
Role Models (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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