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Danny (Paul Rudd) has a few reservations about his job. He and his partner, Wheeler (Seann William Scott), travel around to schools, urging kids to stay off drugs and guzzle their energy drink Minotaur instead (their slogan: "Taste the beast!"). But, after 10 years of pushing super-charged soda, Danny feels terrible about "selling poison to our nation's youth." Wheeler tells him not to be so hard on himself: "It's not poison," Wheeler rationalizes. "It's got juice in it!"
So does ROLE MODELS, the latest comedy from director David Wain, whose WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER and "THE TEN have both built faithful DVD followings. The screenplay (co-written by Wain, Rudd, Ken Marino and Timothy Dowling) may be formulaic, but a delightful cast -- led by the inspired teaming of Rudd and Scott -- ensures the laughs rarely let up for long.
MODELS takes savagely funny swipes at an assortment of targets, from semi-pretentious coffee shops to medieval role-playing-game fanatics to bad Ben Affleck movies. Even after-school programs get a good roasting, as Danny and Wheeler are forced to work alongside unstable Gayle (Jane Lynch), who heads up a Big Brothers/Big Sisters-style program called Sturdy Wings. Gayle's a former drunk and drug addict who still seems about a heartbeat away from going on a bender, even as she announces, "I used to be addicted to pills -- now I'm addicted to helping."
There's a gleefully rowdy spirit here that elevates MODELS above other comedies of this sort; it's the kind of invigoration ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO and many of the recent Will Ferrell comedies could have used. Much of it springs from the salty chemistry between Scott and Rudd, who trade insults and insights easily and comfortably.
The movie also makes fine use of the geeky charms of Christopher Mintz-Plasse (forever to be known as McLovin from SUPERBAD) and pint-sized spitfire Bobb'e J. Thompson, who plays a tough-talking 10-year-old who delights in cutting Wheeler down to size.
About the only star to get short shrift is Elizabeth Banks, cast as Danny's perturbed longtime girlfriend. Although Banks specializes in adding a cheery effervescence to most of her projects, she's saddled with the straight-woman role here and finds herself mostly stuck on the sidelines while the boys have a blast.
by James Sanford | Kalamazoo Gazette
Friday November 07, 2008, 8:00 AM
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So does ROLE MODELS, the latest comedy from director David Wain, whose WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER and "THE TEN have both built faithful DVD followings. The screenplay (co-written by Wain, Rudd, Ken Marino and Timothy Dowling) may be formulaic, but a delightful cast -- led by the inspired teaming of Rudd and Scott -- ensures the laughs rarely let up for long.
MODELS takes savagely funny swipes at an assortment of targets, from semi-pretentious coffee shops to medieval role-playing-game fanatics to bad Ben Affleck movies. Even after-school programs get a good roasting, as Danny and Wheeler are forced to work alongside unstable Gayle (Jane Lynch), who heads up a Big Brothers/Big Sisters-style program called Sturdy Wings. Gayle's a former drunk and drug addict who still seems about a heartbeat away from going on a bender, even as she announces, "I used to be addicted to pills -- now I'm addicted to helping."
There's a gleefully rowdy spirit here that elevates MODELS above other comedies of this sort; it's the kind of invigoration ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO and many of the recent Will Ferrell comedies could have used. Much of it springs from the salty chemistry between Scott and Rudd, who trade insults and insights easily and comfortably.
The movie also makes fine use of the geeky charms of Christopher Mintz-Plasse (forever to be known as McLovin from SUPERBAD) and pint-sized spitfire Bobb'e J. Thompson, who plays a tough-talking 10-year-old who delights in cutting Wheeler down to size.
About the only star to get short shrift is Elizabeth Banks, cast as Danny's perturbed longtime girlfriend. Although Banks specializes in adding a cheery effervescence to most of her projects, she's saddled with the straight-woman role here and finds herself mostly stuck on the sidelines while the boys have a blast.
by James Sanford | Kalamazoo Gazette
Friday November 07, 2008, 8:00 AM
source
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