Speaking of Apatow, it's almost surprising not to see his name in the credits considering how many of his frequent collaborators are involved. The film appears to be trying for the R-rated John Hughes vibe that a number of recent Judd Apatow productions have tapped into, but it misses the mark by a considerable distance. Much of it is obvious and a lot of the jokes simply aren't funny. Unfortunately, not all of Role Models' humor works. She was funny in that film and she's funny here. Lynch appears to be reprising her role from The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which is okay. Then there's Jane Lynch, whose zany portrayal of Gayle Sweeny, Wheeler and Danny's community service boss, is demented enough to cause plenty of chuckles. As for Ronnie's R-rated dialogue - this is the kind of thing that's funny once or twice then loses its effectiveness once the shock value wears off. (It's a niche community, but a surprisingly thriving one.) Many of the LARP jokes are amusing but not nasty. Wain's take on LARPing (which is essentially a live-action version of D&D with padded swords and no dice) is amusing and avoids the trap of being too condescending to those productive members of society who participate in this activity. The aspect of Role Models that keeps it from landing in the "unwatchable" bin is that some of the humor is genuinely funny. The storyline has the feel of something constructed from a plot-by-numbers grab bag. There isn't a single moment in Role Models that hasn't been done, often better, in other, similar films. Predictably, things start out rocky but, as events foster mutual understanding, relationships grow. Danny is assigned Augie and Wheeler ends up with Ronnie.
To avoid a jail term, they agree to 150 hours of community service (each), acting as big brothers to troubled kids.
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One day, as a result of a series of painfully contrived circumstances, the two find themselves on the wrong side of the law. They travel from school to school promoting the drink as a "healthy" alternative to drug use. Wheeler and Danny are representatives for a company that manufactures a high energy drink. From a personality standpoint, that's pretty much all you need to know about the characters because those are the only qualities the filmmakers care about. Thompson) is as fond of dropping f-bombs as he is of staring at women's breasts. Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) is a LARP (Live Action Role Playing) addict. Danny (Paul Rudd) has become cold and emotionally unavailable. Wheeler (Seann William Scott) is in a state of arrested development. Of course, the four leads (two kids, two adults) are afflicted with a readily identifiable, easily satirized character traits. The cold, cynical adults come to understand the importance of unconditional love while the kids learn that all adults aren't jerks. This is yet another film in which adults bond with kids and, in the process, both members of the pair learn important life lessons. In fact, the storyline is so obvious that it needs a heavy dose of hilarity to save it from bouts of tedium, and director David Wain's hit-or-miss comedy lacks the consistency necessary to make Role Models appealing. Sadly, an injection of raunchiness does not equate to an increase in quality and, while Role Models can boast the occasionally funny joke, there's little else to recommend this derivative buddy film. Role Models takes a familiar PG-rated plot and adds enough profanity and nudity to earn it a family unfriendly R.
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