Role Models

A pair of irresponsible energy drink salesmen realize that serving a month of hard time is nothing compared to spending 150 hours in a community mentorship program after they trash the company truck and find themselves at the mercy of the court in this comedy starring Seann William Scott and Paul ...more

"Big Brother" mentorships are archaic nowadays. Most of today's youth, whether they are at risk or not, prefer to handle a joystick and master the highest level of a video game rather than engage in team and esteem-building exercises with adults. In Role Models, mentorship isn't a choice. It's court-mandated for Paul Rudd as Danny and Seann William Scott as Wheeler, a pair of dudes who peddle the energy drink Minotatur, which Danny describes as "nuclear horse piss," for a living. Danny is the ...more

Comedy director David Wain has proven himself in the past with exercises in manic, over-the-top, ADD madness like Wet Hot American Summer and The Ten, and while his 2008 film Role Models doesn't strive for that level of slap-your-mama absurdism, it does consistently remain both totally nuts, and totally hilarious. Wain gives the movie its initial boost by casting Paul Rudd in the starring role as Danny, a disgruntled spokesman for an energy drink called Minotaur. Rudd has been stealing the ...more