Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
This movie makes a much better case study for aspiring entertainment executives than it does a cinematic experience. What it most emphatically is not is a date movie.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
14 Sep 2007
rotten:
Between Mr. Thornton's wry performance and Tami Reiker's nuanced wide-screen photography, you half-expect Woodcock to deliver more than formulaic laughs.
– Matt Zoller Seitz,
New York Times,
14 Sep 2007
rotten:
This may be the most laugh-free comedy of the year.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
14 Sep 2007
rotten:
A dreary and depressing alleged comedy that takes a talented cast and a promising germ of an idea, and kills it dead.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
18 Sep 2007
rotten:
The amusingly deadpan Thornton cock-slaps the wishy-washy Scott through a medley of visual gags and dick jokes.