CLASS COMEDY; dvd reviews.Byline: rick fulton ROLE MODELS **** 15 YOU don't get a decent comedy for ages and then, like Barbara Windsor's ample charms, two come along at once. After last week's Sex Drive, this week's funnybone tickler A manual or automatic system for reminding users of scheduled events or tasks. It is used in PIMs, contact management systems and scheduling and calendar systems. is Role Models. Danny Donahue (Paul Rudd) and his best buddyWheeler (SeannWilliam Scott) work for an energy drink company, touting a noxious brew called Minotaur to school children. After an unfortunate altercation, the two men are sentenced to 150 hours' community service and reluctantly head for the Sturdy Wings mentoring programme run by reformed addict Gayle Sweeny (Jane Lynch). She assigns Danny and Wheeler a troubled kid each - fantasy role-playing game role-playing game n. A game in which players assume the roles of characters and act out fantastical adventures, the outcomes of which are partially determined by chance, as by the roll of dice. obsessive Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse Christopher Mintz-Plasse (born June 20, 1989) is an American actor who debuted as Fogell/"McLovin" in the 2007 comedy Superbad. Born as Christopher Charles Plasse in Los Angeles, California,[1] ) and foul-mouthed 10-year-old Ronnie (Bobb'e J Thompson) - and instructs the men to use their allotted time to get to know the boys and bring them out of their shells. Very gradually, Danny and Wheeler connect with the youngsters and help them to cope with their feelings. Role Models isn't big, it certainly isn't clever, but it does have undeniable charm and some terrific one-liners as it extols the virtues of fraternal love. David Wain's foul-mouthed bro-mantic comedy doesn't deviate once from a well-trodden path of breast gags, wanton stupidity and hard-fought redemption, but the lively banter between Rudd, who co-wrote the script, and Scott wins us over. Lynch is hysterical as a one-time druggie drug·gie also drug·gy n. pl. drug·gies Slang One that takes or is addicted to drugs: "They're like druggies, but without drugs; they're drugged on their own apathy" turned gung-ho youth counsellor, whose unconventional pep talks combine toe-curling confessions with tough love. "I used to be addicted to pills. Now, I'm addicted to helping," she proudly tells the slacker duo. Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays a geekified version of his signature role as McLovin' in Superbad, while Thompson is like a pint-sized Chris Rock, unleashing more swear words and filth than the rest of the cast combined. DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Extras: None stated. Also available to buy. DVD pounds 19.99/ Blu-ray pounds 24.99 CAPTION(S): TOP TUTORS: Shy teen Augie, right, is helped by Danny and Wheeler |
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