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Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd 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. 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 by
medieval role play. Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to trade 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.
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. 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.
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