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This ultimately disappointing comedy starts reasonably strong, delivers a few good laughs, then rolls over and plays dead.
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38For all its crudeness, Phillips' tale of men behaving badly is remarkably toothless.
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38It achieves something previously thought impossible: It renders Billy Bob Thornton unfunny.
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38School for Scoundrels suffers from an old-fashioned identity crisis. The poor thing is awfully confused, and so are we. Is it a black comedy that isn't dark enough? Or a dumb comedy that isn't stupid enough, or a gross-out comedy that isn't yucky enough? Or is it really just a romance comedy that isn't sweet enough? Don't have a clue, but this much is certain: It's definitely a failed comedy that isn't funny enough.
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School for Scoundrels varies between taking itself seriously and not, leaving the viewer alternately confused and disappointed.
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30Billy Bob Thornton's leer is much in evidence in the shoddy comedy School for Scoundrels, though the tackiness of the film, its lazy direction and its self-satisfied stupidity may mean that Mr. Thornton curled his lip about the production rather than for it.
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25School for Scoundrels teaches one important lesson: Avoid any thing carrying the banner of The Weinstein Co., which is to the multiplex what bagged spinach is to the produce aisle.
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25It would require a near-lethal injection of nitrous oxide to induce laughter.
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25School for Scoundrels will only leave you scratching your head in bewilderment and might possibly shave off IQ points.
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ZardozO.3Like the critics said... Starts off well and then rolls over and plays... dead.