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Mr. Woodcock
New Line Cinema
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, thematic material, language and a mild drug reference
Starring
Billy Bob Thornton,
Seann William Scott,
Susan Sarandon,
Amy Poehler,
and
Ethan Suplee
John Farley is a self-help author who returns to his hometown only to discover that his mother has fallen in love with his old high school nemesis, Mr. Woodcock. The gruff, no-nonsense gym teacher put John through years of mental and physical humiliation. Determined to prevent history from repeating itself, John sets out to stop his mother from marrying the man who made life miserable for him and his classmates. (New Line Cinema)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Josh Gilbert
Michael Carnes
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Craig Gillespie
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 15, 2008
Theatrical: September 14, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
87 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
To laugh at parts of this film would indicate one has a streak of Woodcockism in oneself. But to gaze in stupefied fascination is perfectly understandable. That's what makes Thornton such a complex actor.

63
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The insult comedy is sometimes brilliant.

60
Chicago Reader
Joshua Katzman
There aren't that many laugh-out-loud jokes in this comedy, yet Billy Bob Thornton's portrayal of ass-kicking gym coach Mr. Woodcock is almost worth the price of admission.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Marc Bernardin
Uninspired, sure, but sporadically, spasmodically funny.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber
As Mr. Woodcock demonstrates, a great premise can generate a lot of goodwill and almost overcome an uneven script. So too can expert performances.

50
Chicago Tribune
Jessica Reaves
Let's say you find yourself at the multiplex, and the first 20 minutes of Mr. Woodcock happen to correspond with the 20 minutes you need to waste before your movie of choice begins. Those are the ideal 20 minutes to spend with this marginally promising--but ultimately unfunny--comedy.

50
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Mild pleasures are available in Mr. Woodcock.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Certainly, it's mediocre, but no more so than half the comedies that are wildly promoted by their studios these days.

50
Los Angeles Times
John Anderson
A movie that commits sins of excess, except regarding Thornton. There's not nearly enough of him.

50
The New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
It’s “The Great Santini” remade as a sitcom.

50
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
You can guess how it all ends, but getting there is a repetitious parade of put-downs and smackdowns that suggest you can't go home again - not when your mom's sleeping with a monster from your past.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Steve Winn
Mr. Woodcock may be a nasty tyrant, but he also knows his domain is small. "For Christ's sake," he tells Farley at one point, "it was just a PE class, you fruitcake."

50
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Borders on poppycock.

42
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
There are two solid sight gags and funny supporting work by Amy Poehler as a boozy publicist.

40
Film Threat
Michael Ferraro
All Mr. Woodcock gives us is mediocre comedy at its finest.

40
Village Voice
Robert Wilonsky
Amy Poehler ekes out a smirk or two as a boozy broad publicist trying to keep her paycheck in check, but even the best gags feel like leftovers, again.

40
Variety
Justin Chang
There's more genuine humor to be gleaned from saying "Woodcock" over and over again than from watching Mr. Woodcock, a wan comic effort barely elevated a few notches by Billy Bob Thornton's passive-aggressive villainy.

40
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
Unfortunately, Mr. Woodcock is funny for exactly five minutes, during which time Woodcock is shown throwing basketballs at boys’ heads and mocking them for having dead parents.

38
Boston Globe
Janice Page
The film logs almost all of its laughs when it's at its crudest, meanest, and most unfiltered. Everything else - and that is to say most of the movie - is a big, fat, derivative waste of time.

38
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
It goes without saying that the humor is vulgar and juvenile.

38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Stephen Cole
Who wants to watch any film where Sarandon, the sexiest 60-year-old woman alive, is first prize in a corn-eating contest?

33
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Thornton is one of America's finest actors, but after this, "Bad News Bears," and "School For Scoundrels," his run of loveably irascible authority-figure roles should probably come to a close. He's kicked around one child too many.

25
USA Today
Claudia Puig
This may be the most laugh-free comedy of the year.

25
Premiere
Aaron Hillis
This one's been sitting on shelves for two years -- never good news -- and you can almost see the dollar signs in the cast's eyes.

25
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Sarandon blends into the background, having practically nothing to do except stand around and wring her hands as the two men in her life battle it out in a passive-aggressive war. It's enough to make her want to run off with Thelma.


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