School for Scoundrels [2007] [DVD]
date : January 29th, 2012Premier League Kits
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School for Scoundrels is the kind of stupid-fun comedy for which the phrase “Wait for the DVD” was invented. Like a lot of its jokes, it fell flat in its brief theatrical release, but there’s enough funny stuff here to warrant a look, especially if you enjoyed writer-director Todd Phillips’ previous films Old School and Road Trip. Of course, Phillips also directed the comedy remake of Starsky and Hutch, so you know there’s going to be as many misses as hits in the movie’s constant barrage of sla
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If you have seen the original “School for Scoundrels” with Terry Thomas and Ian Carmichael and you rent this film expecting it to be just as funny then you’re going to be disappointed.
It’s fine if you like films where wit and subtlety have been replaced by casual swearing.
Come back from the pub on a Friday night and pop this into the DVD player and you’ll get a few laughs.
A talented cast tries its best with the thin script but they can only do so much.
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|A gold star for the scoundrels,
The trailer made this remake look like quite a slapstick affair, but in reality this has got quite a lot more going for it. Its basically a comedy version of Fight Club with a twist of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Game thrown into the mix. Heder plays a traffic warden who joins a secret school run by Billy-Bob, a man who makes losers into lions…or does he?
I havent seen the original but I thought this was an excellent and extremely funny film.
The special features are above average with an alternate ending that manages to better the original (not as silly) and a 30 minute featurette which sends up sycophantic “making of…” documentaries and features a very funny moment where Thornton and Heder send up their Napoleon Dynamite/Sling Blade characters.
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|A Barrel Of Laughs!,
I’ve got to say, this is one of the funniest films I’ve seen in a long time, and I can’t believe it wasn’t on at the cinema. I cannnot understand why some people have given it poor reviews – it’s laugh out loud hilarious!
When Jon Heder’s negative lifestyle gets too much for him, his friend gives him a telephone number to ring that will ‘help’ him. When he rings the number he realises it’s an enrolment programme for a class. Presuming it’s a ‘confidence building’ class he goes along, but it turns out to be a lot more, and changes his life in more ways than one… Billy Bob Thornton steals the show as the doctor. A man who is a player, has lots of secrets, tells lies and is deceitful, and can turn on the charm when needed, plus a lot more besides…There is also an appearance by Ben Stiller as one of the doctor’s ex-students who went astray.
Besides the film, I also thoroughly enjoyed the extra features on the dvd – very funny:p
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