William ArnottSchool For Scoundrels - 3 Clocks
November 15th 2006 00:45
Imagine waking up in the morning, putting on your standard issue shorts, stepping into a glorified golf cart and searching the streets of Manhattan for vehicles parked too close to the crosswalk. Now imagine having your face shoved in a toilet by one of these people. That was the life of Roger [Jon Heder] – a man who was considered pathetic by a group of his pathetic peers. So when Roger is handed a mysterious phone number and the promise of a life where “dating two Asian chicks” is possible he decided to take a chance.
With that kind of setup and Billy Bob Thorton as Roger’s coolness guru I walked into School For Scoundrels with very high hopes. But a good movie needs more than just a good setup and unfortunately School For Scoundrels takes a humorous idea and a great cast and stops there. So if you do end up seeing School For Scoundrels, do yourself a favor. On the way home, head over to Blockbuster and rent “Bad Santa” and “Napoleon Dynamite” and remind yourself of just how funny these actors can be.
With that kind of setup and Billy Bob Thorton as Roger’s coolness guru I walked into School For Scoundrels with very high hopes. But a good movie needs more than just a good setup and unfortunately School For Scoundrels takes a humorous idea and a great cast and stops there. So if you do end up seeing School For Scoundrels, do yourself a favor. On the way home, head over to Blockbuster and rent “Bad Santa” and “Napoleon Dynamite” and remind yourself of just how funny these actors can be.
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