Movie review: 'Role Model'

November 20, 7:47 PMDC New Movies ExaminerLaura Ballou

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Role Model

 A Role Model is not what you would call Wheeler (Seann William Scott) and Danny Donahue (Paul Rudd). Wheeler and Danny drive around from elementary school to elementary school in a fire breathing Minotaur truck. They advise kids to stay away from drugs, while pushing their unhealthy, caffeine- filled, green energy drink, Minotaur. With each swig of the potent green liquid, Danny becomes more vocal and dissatisfied about his meaningless life. After a particular bad day of urinating green urine, his girlfriend’s, Beth (Elizabeth Banks of W.), refusal of his marriage proposal, and his anger boiling to the point of ramming the Minotaur into a school fountain, Danny faces either 30 days in jail or enroll in the Big Brother program, Sturdy Wings. Fun loving, easy going, Wheeler is along for the ride.

Danny is paired up with Augie Farks (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) an endearing geek who lives in a fantasy world of medieval knights and battles between make believe nations. If any of you have been to the Maryland Renaissance Festival before, you will laugh out loud with the medieval speech the players employ to one another. Wheeler is paired up with Ronnie Shields (Bobb’e J. Thompson) a foul mouthed kid who becomes enthralled by Wheelers stellar skills of observing women’s breasts incognito. Together both Danny and Wheeler learn that in the world of a kid lies meaning, and by being in that world their lives become more meaningful.

Role Models is a comedy with many memorable classic moments. It is a movie with some great quotable lines written by Paul Rudd and Director David Wain, and Ken Marino (who plays Augie's mom's boyfriend). Underneath all the adult language and nudity, Role Models is surprisingly a movie about putting kids first. Jane Lynch’s portrayal of the x- junky, Gayle Sweeny, who has traded her addiction from cocaine and alcohol to helping kids amps up the hilarity of this film. Her mantra is driven home to audiences when she compares adults snorting cocaine to snorting lines of selfishness while their children are placed second in their lives. It is a movie that strives to send the message that kids should come first in the context of one funny film.

For more information:   http://www.rolemodelsmovie.com/

 Rated R for adult language and situations.  Not recommended for children