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| School for Scoundrels (Unrated Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Todd Phillips
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Michael Clarke Duncan, Sarah Silverman
Studio: Weinstein Company
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 11170
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 107
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 796019799027
UPC: 796019799027
EAN: 0796019799027
ASIN: B000K2UGZW
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 2006
Release Date: February 13, 2007
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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 slapstick, insults, and tasteless gags. Loosely inspired by the 1960 British comedy directed by Robert Hamer, this crudely Americanized version finds a meek and geeky parking-meter reader named Roger (Napoleon Dynamite's John Heder) looking for love and not getting any, so he enrolls in a confidence-building school led by Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton), who turns out to be Roger's #1 rival in his quest to win the heart of Amanda (Jacinda Barrett), Roger's cute Australian neighbor and the would-be girl of his dreams. As an escalating war of one-upmanship in which Roger's quick learning provokes Dr. P's competitive instincts, School for Scoundrels isn't exactly a laff-riot, but it's got some aces up its sleeve that make it worthwhile, like a crazed appearance by Ben Stiller, a fun if not-always-funny supporting cast (Michael Clark Duncan, Horatio Sanz, Todd Louiso) and a pair of stars who work well together as comedic opposites in the game of love. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Dr. P runs a school where he teaches losers how to be virile studs, but when an awkward, kind student easily wins the girl of his dreams, Dr. P sees it as a competition and goes for the same girl.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: UN
Release Date: 8-JAN-2008
Media Type: DVD
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 Let this Bomb Lie and Get the Original June 19, 2008
This is a god-awful remake of a brilliantly funny British comedy from 1960 of the same name School for Scoundrels starring the hilariously subtle Alastair Simm as the professor. Simm as "Potter" guides his students through the art of "one-upsmanship" by subtly undermining them, making them ill at ease, and feeling inadequate while maintaining the demeanor and guise of being a perfect gentleman at all times. Billy Bob's mean, paint-balling, yelling jackass Bad Santa rehash just doesn't compare . . . Please, check out the original-- don't waste your time on this Dog!!!!!
 whoever wrote this movie, needs to take Dr. P's class ! May 9, 2008
The concept has been rehashed, Anger Management and a bit of Fight Club references, with a little Hitch added to it.
But the story so silly and dumb, its a complete waste of Thornton's talent and its good that Ben Stiller's cameo appears to give this movie some needed lift.
Very Average movie, a rental at best (only if there's no other option)
Not bad April 7, 2008
School For Scoundrels is no classic but in places it is absolutely hilarious. Jon Heder and Billy Bob Thornton hold the film together as the supporting cast don't really get too many decent lines (apart from the Moby lookalike). It's not that clever, but the humour is quite edgy and there are a few decent twists. Good Friday night entertainment.
 funny goofy movie March 12, 2008
i liked this movie. it had funny parts and good cameos. i enjoy billy bob thornton, he cracks me up. jon heder is funny too. if your looking for a silly and funny movie than you should rent this. its not the best comedy but for a pg-13 movie its pretty funny and will keep you entertained.
It's Hitch with more laughs February 18, 2008
School for Scoundrels (Unrated Widescreen Edition) is Hitch (Widescreen Edition) for guys, more laughs and less romance. The premise is an underground school intended to turn insecure men who never catch a break (many would call them losers) into confidant, successful people. The school is run by Billy Bob Thorton, who charges $5,000 for the class and takes pleasure in challenging the strongest student in a class of weak men. The lead is Napoleon Dynamite, a parking enforcement agent who sometimes pays violators' tickets out of pocket if they get the least bit confrontational. Also in the class is a man pushed around by his wife and a 30 year old living in his mom's basement. Michael Clark Duncan assists Thorton in various challenges intended to turn the class into men.
I passed on seeing this in theaters because the preview looked awful. It was a surprisingly funny if unlikely story about the underdogs of the world. There's a happy ending, and a more mature comedy than you would find in an American Pie - Unrated (Widescreen Collector's Edition). The film is probably not appropriate for children under 13, but should be fine for most everyone else who enjoys decent, breezy comedy.
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