Fresh
It's the stuff of simple comedy, but as frat-flicks go it's a return to form for director Todd Phillips.
Anna Smith, Time Out
School for Scoundrels
Life's a game. Learn how to play.
2006 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Todd Phillips
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School for Scoundrels
Overview
In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's title takes on much more meaning when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor Dr. P also wants the same woman. They begin a fierce rivalry that quickly spirals out of control, their pranks and insults get uglier as they try to prove who is the ultimate guy's guy.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
26%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Things get increasingly dopey in the final act, leading to an incredibly stupid ending, but I have to admit I laughed just enough to recommend School for Scoundrels.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
It feels as if director Phillips was scrounging desperately for morsels with comic potential and came up empty-handed.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Rotten
School for Scoundrels is an exercise in advanced comedic embalming.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Fresh
While the film is demeaned by sight gags aimed at teenage boys, it has a smart center and delightful performances from Heder and Thornton.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
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