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Movie Info


Genre :

Comedy

Release Date :

September 29, 2006 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Todd Phillips

Starring :

Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Michael Clarke Duncan, Sarah Silverman, David Cross, Horatio Sanz, Matt Walsh, Luis Guzman, Dan Fogler

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..wickedly funny..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
1.5 of 4

“..ultimately disappointing..”
by Jessica Reaves [Chicago Tribune]
2 of 5

“..School for Scoundrels is mediocre in a number of ways..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..Not even the mighty presence of Billy Bob Thornton can stir "School for Scoundrels" to life as a provocative comedy of manners..”
by Robert Koehler [Variety]
Review rate : C-

“..lacks any good, big gags..”
by Michael Sragow [The Baltimore Sun]
“..feels lazy and unfocused..”
by Harper Barnes [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2 of 4

“..a forgettable motion picture..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
1 of 5

“..a film that is so disastrously awful in almost every possible..”
by Peter Sobczynski [eFilmCritic]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Tim Cogshell [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathewsc [New York Daily News]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Paul Doro [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Reviewed by Robert Abele [Los Angeles Times]
Reviewed by John Thomason [Orlando Weekly]
Reviewed by Sheri Linden [The Hollywood Reporter]

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fuck you all. this movie ruled

posted by jp on Apr 09, 2007
 
 

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