Role Models- A must see for a laugh!

This is the kind of movie where you expect all the funny parts to be what you saw in the trailer spots on TV. It starts a bit slow and no doubt about it, this movie is crude, vulgar, childish, nerdy and hilarious. Directed by actor and filmmaker David Wain and written by Paul Rudd.

Role Models is a comedy about two loser-slacker- underachievers (they hawk energy drinks at public schools, we all know or knew of people like that in) Each of them has to play big brother to a kid with major adjustment problems. Wheeler (Seann William Scott) loves his work, but Danny (Paul Rudd), who suspects the drink may be poisonous, loathes it. He vents his discontent to his girlfriend, Beth (Elizabeth Banks), a successful lawyer, who becomes so fed up with his bellyaching that she dumps him. After an especially dismal presentation in which Danny veers off script and disparages Minotaur, he goes ballistic in a traffic dispute that destroys the company truck; both he and Wheeler receive 30-day jail sentences. The unlikely pairing of Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd pays off big time. They balance each other out, and both get their fair share of laughs.

There's a good storyline and messages in the film about friendship, being yourself, and about what all those 30 and 40 year old guys still living with their parents do on the weekends to ‘socialize'. The only problem I saw in this movie was how little we see of Danny's girlfriend Beth (Elizabeth Banks). Also, remember that this is a rated R movie. I was embarrassed for the numbers of families in the theater who brought kids that looked to be 8-10 years old. Maybe they thought the child stars meant it was family friendly, but the language and nudity were definitely not.

Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott approach comedy in different ways, but their styles mesh well in Role Models, the most mainstream project yet from The State's David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer, The Ten). Jane Lynch is super as the ex-druggie who's totally devoted to her Sturdy Wings kids. Ken Leong (Knocked Up) is totally convincing as King Argotron. The bottom line is the movie is full of fun and comedy. It's a must watch for that part of audience who enjoys to laugh.