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Everything You Need To Know About ROLE MODELS …As It Relates To You And Your World The Actors, Director, Info, Reviews, and Photos
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Danny and Wheeler are two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad. MPAA Rating: R (for crude and sexual content, strong language and nudity) Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT (Wheeler) SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT (Wheeler) Best known for portraying Steve Stifler in American Pie He was inspired to become an actor while working at the local movie theater and seeing all the movies he could watch free He has hosted Saturday Night Live Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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PAUL RUDD (Danny/Screenplay by) PAUL RUDD (Danny/Screenplay by) His mother managed a television station His breakout performance was in the 1995 film Clueless In 2003, he married his girlfriend of five years, Julie Yaeger. In 2006, their son, Jack, was born Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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JANE LYNCH (Sweeny) JANE LYNCH (Sweeny) Best known for her roles in Christopher Guest comedies such as Best in Show Lynch is also a seasoned television performer In 2005, she was named as one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz" Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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DAVID WAIN (Directed by/Screenplay by) DAVID WAIN (Directed by/Screenplay by) An comedian, writer, actor and director, best known for Wet Hot American Summer He directed the comedy film The Ten, which is ten stories, each inspired by one of the Ten Commandments Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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THERE WERE 5 WRITERS! Screenplay by Paul Rudd (right), David Wain (center), Ken Marino, Timothy Dowling Story by Timothy Dowling William Blake Herron (L to R) PAUL RUDD as Danny, Director DAVID WAIN and SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT as Wheeler on the set Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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Many people are surprised at the movie being rated R. Many film critics argue that the movie is mainly R for language and has little or no sexual content despite what the MPAA review says. Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star in "Role Models" as Danny and Wheeler, two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad. Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce Taste the beast! Salesmen Wheeler and Danny head to work
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Surrounded by annoying do- gooders, Danny struggles with his every neurotic impulse to guide Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) through the trials of becoming a man. Unfortunately, the guy just dumped by his girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks) has only sarcasm to offer a bashful 16- year-old obsessed with medieval role play. Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce (L-R) Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Paul Rudd
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Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to trade in an addiction to partying and women to assist a fifth-grader named Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson) redirect his foul-mouthed ways. It would probably help if Ronnie's new mentor wasn't an overgrown adolescent whose idea of quality time includes keggers in Venice Beach. Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce (L to R) Wheeler (SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT) gets a dose of Ronnie (BOBB'E J. THOMPSON)
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Once the center's ex-con director (Jane Lynch) gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of immature wisdom to their charges. Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce (L to R) Wheeler (SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT) and Danny (PAUL RUDD) are drilled by Sturdy Wings' Sweeny (JANE LYNCH)
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And if they can just make it through probation without getting thrown in jail, the world's worst role models will prove that, sometimes, it takes a village idiot to raise a child. Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce (L to R) Wheeler (SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT) bonds with Ronnie (BOBB'E J. THOMPSON)
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75% Positive Consensus Voice: "Role Models is the kind of movie you don't see every day, a comedy that is funny" --Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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REAL MATURITY HAPPENS IN RELATIONSHIP The story line is about two guys who refused to grow up until they were forced into taking care of a couple of boys who needed their unique brand of guidance. Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures. Review © David Bruce
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Way back in 100 BC Publilius Syrus said, “It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.” It was true then and it is still true. And yet at the same time your age is no guarantee of maturity. Our heroes in the film Role Models are young adults needing to be just that ―young adult. The film points to the idea that “growing up” happens in relationship. Additionally, it points to play as an essential part of this journey to emotional maturity. It has always amazed me how comedy films can have so much truth in them. Time + Relationship + Play = Maturity. Not bad, I like it. Review © David Bruce
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MATURITY -Get On With It! “The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!’” --John F. Kennedy Role Models Review © David Bruce
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“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” -- 1 Corinthians 13:11 Today's New International Version Role Models © 2008 Universal Pictures Review © David Bruce
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