Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

TxMike I had missed this movie when it came out 11 years ago but now found it on Netflix streaming movies. I like Thornton, he always creates interesting characters. Heder was a big hit as 'Napoleon Dynamite' but didn't do too much of significance after that although he is fine here. Jim Parsons of TV 'Big Bang Theory' fame has a very small role in this movie, I don't think he even says any lines, it was probably made when he was still an unknown.Jon Heder is Roger Waddell in an embarrassing job as a meter maid in New York, and as the story begins we see him being intimidated by a couple of guys he had just given a parking ticket to. He tells his friend the story and the friend promptly gives him a phone number.The phone number has him reach Billy Bob Thornton as Dr. P who, for $5000 per student conducts classes designed to turn them into people who stand up for themselves and can go out and get what they want. Dr. P is just a scam artist but Roger decides to take it all seriously.A pawn of sorts in all this is pretty Jacinda Barrett as Amanda who lives in the same building as Roger. He is sweet on her and decides he will make his intentions known as part of his improvement plan. But Dr. P decides he will try to win her for himself, even though he has a wife. It is mostly silliness in implausible situations. I most enjoyed the tennis outing where Roger was not so nice to Dr. P.

g-bodyl I was reading the reviews for this film and I can't believe how many people are bashing this film. I thought this a really funny film with likable characters. I also can relate to some of these characters which is really rare in cinema.This is about some loser named Roger who takes a self-confidence class taught by the hot-headed Mr.P. As the class progresses, Mr.P and Roger go head to head against each other.As I mentioned previously, I found some of these characters very relatable especially Roger played wonderfully by Jon Heder. Billy Bob Thornton is especially great as Mr.P. Both Heder and Thornton have excellent chemistry.This movie is really funny! The paintball scene is my favorite part of the movie. Also I give credit to the scenes that had Ben Stiller featured. I rate this film 9/10.

jotix100 Imagine the poor nerd-like Roger, who is humiliated on a daily basis by his co-workers. He is such a pathetic individual that even the Big Brother group he mentors want to get rid of him. What to do? How about enrolling in a school that will give him the skills that will help him overcome his own shortcomings. For that, he goes to Dr. P's school where supposedly he will learn, among other things, how to overcome his inability to deal with the tormentors he faces everywhere and then get to have great sex that has been denied to him.The premise of this comedy must have sounded great to the people behind the project. Todd Phillips, after all, is a major talent that has done much better. Writing the screenplay together with Scot Armstrong, and loosely based on the original English film of the same title, one would have expected a laughter riot. After all, the casting seemed made in heaven.The pairing of Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, should have yielded an edgier comedy, but alas, it was not meant to be. One cannot blame the actors involved because the material given for them to act, doesn't hold many surprises. There are isolated parts that are funny and work. Most of the time the gags feel flat.Even though the end product is not what one expected, "School of Scoundrels" has its moments and it could be a film to watch with friends if the group is into a party mood.

view_and_review Ring! ring! Operator: "1-800-4LOSERS, how may I help you?" Producer: I'm doing a movie and I need a few losers for the film.Operator: You've called the right place. What type of losers are you looking for? Producer: I don't know, who do you have?Operator: Well, we have a few available. We have Dan Fogler, star of "Balls of Fury". We have David Cross who has played a loser in too many movies to count. And... Oh yeah! We have America's hottest loser right now: Jon Heder, the guy from Napolean Dynamite, The Benchwarmers, and Blades of Glory.Producer: Great, I'll take them all.And so goes the movie. Revenge of the nerds without being as funny nor as compelling.