Role Models (2008)

Directed by

David Wain

Genre

slapstick, buddy film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2,175 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two energy drink salesmen are sentenced to community service after getting in trouble. They are paired with kids at a mentoring program and the mismatched pairs learn from each other.

funnylightheartedraunchysillywarmpredictableenergeticbromantic

What happens

Role Models is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain, who co-wrote it with Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd and Ken Marino. The film stars Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Jane Lynch, and Elizabeth Banks. The film follows two energy drink salesmen, Danny (Rudd) and Wheeler (Scott), who are ordered to perform 150 hours of community service as punishment for various offenses. For their service, the two men work at a program designed to pair children with adult role models. Premiering on October 19, 2008, at the Austin Film Festival, Role Models was released theatrically by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 7. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $92.4 million worldwide against a $28 million budget. It was nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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