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	School for Scoundrels
		In School for Scoundrels, director Todd Phillips (Road Trip) proves that his truest virtue is also his greatest vice.
		Scoundrels gets off to a sluggish start as it introduces its main character, Roger (Jon Heder), a geeky New York City meter maid (meter butler?) whose life is falling apart.
		Scoundrels is light fare at its lightest, a truly average movie.
	www.absolutely.net /movie/2006_School_for_Scoundrels.html (650 words)

	FirstShowing.net » School for Scoundrels Reviewed
		School for Scoundrels has been marketed as a comedy at its foundation, directed by Todd Phillips, the same creative mind behind Old School and Starsky and Hutch.
		In School for Scoundrels the most memorable scene is on the tennis court, a battle between Roger and Dr. P that brought on non-stop laughter throughout its entire duration.
		School for Scoundrels may not be the best comedy of the year, but Phillips is a master at creating memorable comedic scenes and Scoundrels does present quite a few of those.
	www.firstshowing.net /2006/09/29/school-for-scoundrels-reviewed (948 words)

	Movie Review: School for Scoundrels - /FILM
		School is based on a 1960 British film of the same title, and is directed by Todd Phillips, the guy who brought you Old School and Road Trip (note: Philips is also a writer on the Borat movie).
		In School, Hedder turns out a very sympathetic comedic performance (minus the horrendously bad crying scene), a couple sequences definitely show that he could be a great physical comic actor, if the audience and studio ever let him.
		School for Scoundrels has a bunch of laughs and is better than most of the comedies Hollywood spits out now-a-days.
	www.slashfilm.com /article.php/20060929school-for-scoundrels-review (695 words)

	Review: School for Scoundrels
		School for Scoundrels introduces us to Roger (Jon Heder), a guy who's so low in the self-esteem department that he doesn't even attain the level of "loser." He's rejected as a Big Brother and, while working at his job of handing out parking tickets, he agrees to pay a fine to placate an irate driver.
		School for Scoundrels is loosely based on a 1960 Ealing comedy (which I have not seen) that was, in turn, based on the novel School for Scoundrels or How to Win without Actually Cheating!
		For the most part, School for Scoundrels is a grim experience, with too little wit and humor to compensate for its faults, and the upbeat ending feels like a cheat.
	www.reelviews.net /movies/s/school_scoundrels.html (729 words)

	School for Scoundrels (2006): Reviews
		School for Scoundrels suffers from an old-fashioned identity crisis.
		School for Scoundrels varies between taking itself seriously and not, leaving the viewer alternately confused and disappointed.
		School 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.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/schoolforscoundrels (1502 words)

	DVD Talk Review: School for Scoundrels
		School for Scoundrels wants very much to be the kind of bad boy comedy that many of us in our mid-'30s grew up on.
		Ian turns him on to an ultra-secret school where a dastardly character named Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton) teaches losers to be winners.
		School for Scoundrels is merely spitwad by comparison.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/review.php?ID=24095 (788 words)

	School for Scoundrels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		School for Scoundrels squanders its talented cast with a formulaic, unfocused attempt at a romantic comedy that's neither romantic nor funny.
		School for Scoundrels is Fight Club for people afraid of Fight Club.
		School for Scoundrels is to the art of film what processed cheese food is to fine dining.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/school_for_scoundrels (1066 words)

	Amazon.com: School for Scoundrels: Movie Showtimes: Todd Phillips,Billy Bob Thornton,Jon Heder,Jacinda Barrett,Michael ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		School for Scoundrels is the kind of stupid-fun comedy for which the phrase "Wait for the DVD" was invented.
		"School For Scoundrels", written and directed by Todd Phillips ("Old School", "Road Trip"), has a very promising premise, we have seen similar set-ups in hundreds of comedies, but every joke is just wrong, oddly paced and there are no laughs throughout this tedious, tedious film.
		In "Scoundrels", the set-up is wasted, the actors are wasted and any comedic momentum is completely obliterated by the writing and directing.
	www.amazon.com /School-for-Scoundrels/dp/B00005JPA1 (2781 words)

	'School for Scoundrels' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
		The comedy "School for Scoundrels," about a victimized, love-struck New York meter maid (Jon Heder of "Napoleon Dynamite") who gets tutored in jerky alpha male-ness, may not be as devilishly enjoyable as its title suggests, but it's by no means like waiting for the reprieve of an end-of-class bell, either.
		Loosely based on a 1960 British comedy, this is a modest education-of-a-punching-bag entertainment with a kind of breezily rude compatibility — a hallmark of sorts for both co-writer/director Todd Phillips ("Road Trip," "Starsky and Hutch") and the wonderful actor assigned to play the self-help instructor from hell, Billy Bob Thornton.
		For example, the mealy-mouthed charges of Thornton's Dr. P getting a quick lesson in the cruelty of paintball is undeniably funny, as is the crosscutting montage showing Roger (Heder) and classmates in their everyday lives working up the nerve to pick insanely self-destructive fights with bullies and thugs.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-et-school29sep29,0,500267.story (348 words)

	School for Scoundrels \| The Cornell Daily Sun
		Please note that “School for Scoundrels” (directed by Todd Philips) is a remake of the 1960 movie called “School for Scoundrels or How to Win Without Actually Cheating!”.
		The classification of “School for Scoundrels” is left as an exercise to the reader.
		In sum, “School for Scoundrels” has a known cast but is not fantastic.
	www.cornellsun.com /node/18692 (638 words)

	CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Movies :: 'School' fails to pass funny test
		At least, not in "School for Scoundrels," which dies that particularly excruciating death reserved for comedies that try, try, try and fail, fail, fail to be amusing.
		On his best days, Roger's life is a misery, but things are going particularly badly for him at the beginning of "School for Scoundrels" (not to be mistaken in any way, shape or form for the classic Restoration comedy "School for Scandal").
		The number belongs to a major league scoundrel named Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton), who runs a clandestine and highly unorthodox manhood class based on insults, intimidation and the threat of rape.
	www.suntimes.com /entertainment/movies/76610,WKP-News-school29.article (545 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - School for Scoundrels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		By Billy Bob Thornton teaches weakling to be macho in 'School for Scoundrels,' also starring Jacinda Barrett and Jon Heder.
		Given its premise -- an adult school teacher attempting to remake wimpy men into fearsome macho studs -- pic seemed certain to either fly high on outrageous humor or crash under the weight of tastelessness.
		Despite his hyphenate status, director-producer-co-scribe Todd Phillips ("Old School") does not appear to be engaged with the story and characters, which may partly explain why Heder and Thornton's characters come off as so lackluster.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117931692?categoryid=31 (737 words)

	School for Scoundrels (2006) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The overall mediocrity of the mess is pretty much attributable to director Todd Phillips ("Old School", "Starsky and Hutch").
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		SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS VS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0462519 (453 words)

	School for Scoundrels
		His latest is the remake of the British flick School for Scoundrels.
		Both have some pivotal scenes in School but neither is used to full advantage.
		But the biggest fault in School for Scoundrels is that it doesn’t build as a comedy.
	www.popsyndicate.com /index.php/site/story/schoolfor_scoundrels (516 words)

	Rochester - "School for Scoundrels" - Hey look, everybody: another crappy movie remake! - Film - Film reviews ...
		School for Scoundrels emanates from a richly and peculiarly English background that hardly exists in America.
		The only bright spot in School for Scoundrels is the comedian Sarah Silverman as Barrett's roommate --- with her capacity for offhand insult and cool hostility, she should be the dean of Dr. P's school.
		School for Scoundrels (PG-13), directed by Todd Phillips, is now playing at Culver Ridge 16, Pittsford, Henrietta 18, Webster 12, Tinseltown, Greece Ridge 12, Eastview 13.
	www.rochester-citynews.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:4855 (814 words)

	DVD Talk Review: School for Scoundrels
		Using his newfound talents, Roger decides to fight back, but finds that Dr. P is ready for him with his own bag of tricks.
		Unfortunately, it's that ambition which makes "School for Scoundrels" Phillips's first film to fail at eliciting any reaction.
		"School for Scoundrels" hurts because it's from a talented filmmaker who I expected more from, and a director who has demonstrated such casting resourcefulness before.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/review.php?ID=24098 (580 words)

	School for Scoundrels
		Todd Phillips apparently wanted his new comedy, School for Scoundrels, to be both a raucous, fl comedy and a romantic comedy, and only the winning presence of Jon Heder saves the boisterous comedy part.
		A similar fate befell his popular 2003 comedy, Old School, which was wild and subversive until Phillips (or the studio) tamed it at the end to turn Old School into a wishy-washy validation of suburban family values (not that those values are something bad).
		School for Scoundrels is worth seeing for him.
	comicbookbin.com /schoolforscoundrels.html (487 words)

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	Movie-List - Reviews - School For Scoundrels
		'School for Scoundrels' was brought to us by director Todd Phillips, who created films such as 'Starsky and Hutch', 'Road Trip' and 'Old School'.
		Both characters wear out their welcomes and we are left yearning for the credits to role.
		'School for Scoundrels' will probably go down as Todd Phillips's weakest comedy to date and that is for good reason.
	www.movie-list.com /reviews.php?id=schoolforscoundrels (326 words)

	School for Scoundrels
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	Movie Review for School For Scoundrels
		School for Scoundrels never quite reaches the same level of wit, but replaces it with more slapstick humor and a riotous supporting cast that includes Todd Louiso, Horatio Sanz and Ben Stiller.
		School For Scoundrels contains the most egregious example of blatantly racist stereotypes that I have seen in a recent, mainstream film.
		Hollywood continues to perpetuate old school stereotypes of Black men as thugs, petty criminals, strong-arming sidekicks, rapists, and little boys who cower to their mamas.
	www.cinemablend.com /reviews/School-For-Scoundrels-1804.html (987 words)

	Parent Previews: School For Scoundrels
		When Jon Heder made his screen debut in Napoleon Dynamite, there was a rousing cheer of "Yesssss" emanating from the many disenfranchised teens that finally found a role model they could relate to.
		When a friend gives him a tip to enroll in a mysterious school that will pump up his personality, the desperate twenty-something feels it's his only hope.
		In an attempt to teach a group of men self-confidence, this school advocates doing illegal and mean things to innocent people and to fellow students.
	movies.go.com /parentpreviews/review?rid=77691 (565 words)

	School for Scoundrels
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		Likewise, one pea is gimmicked with a magnet allowing it to cling to the inside of the special gaffed shell.
		You can also use the School for Scoundrels Perfect Peas or the School for Scoundrels Magnetic Perfect Peas with these shells.
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	SF Station: School For Scoundrels
		Dr.P’s (Billy Bob Thornton) School For Scoundrels is in session and you too can learn to rub people the wrong way, manipulate the easily influenced, initiate violent confrontations, and become the alpha male you always wanted to be!
		The best moments in School For Scoundrels are those involving Dr.P and his latest idea for helping his students matriculate into scoundrels.
		The best that can be said about Roger is that he’s a nice guy (wellhe actually becomes a pretty sizable jerk in the latter stages of the film in his attempts to usurp Dr.P), but he sure isn’t handsome and his career as a meter maid doesn’t exactly act as an aphrodisiac.
	www.sfstation.com /school-for-scoundrels-a2192 (581 words)

	All Headline News - School for Scoundrels ( ** ) - December 25, 2006
		But the off-your-arse farce, School for Scoundrels, posits that even guys like Roger, with spines of spaghetti, can spin passive into aggressive and turn themselves into strutting, seductive go-getters.
		Jon Heder plays Roger, a male meter maid in New York City who is tired of being ineffectual and put-upon, and wishes that he could approach and ask out his attractive and fetching neighbor, Amanda, a grad student and animal hospital volunteer played by Jacinda Barrett.
		As a loose remake of a 1960 British satire with the same title, School for Scoundrels is structured to allow the classroom ensemble--including Dr. P's weird assistant (Michael Clarke Duncan) and an array of self-proclaimed doormats (including Todd Louiso, Horatio Sanz, and Matt Walsh)--to register comedically in the early going.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7005051427 (557 words)

	Beacon Journal \| 09/29/2006 \| 'School' lacks scoundrels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Contemplating a film with a title of School for Scoundrels that stars Billy Bob Thornton, film fans would be right to expect something acidic, somewhat crude and definitely rude.
		It works for School for Scoundrels in that respect, but when it comes to dealing with Heder's nemesis, Dr. P, there's something off kilter.
		If he is indeed a scoundrel, he needs to behave more like one.
	www.ohio.com /mld/ohio/entertainment/movies/15637103.htm (599 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: School For Scoundrels [1960]: Video: Ian Carmichael,Terry-Thomas,Alastair Sim,Janette Scott,Dennis ...
		In School for Scoundrels wimpy Ian Carmichael wants to impress girls and get one over on all-round show-off and cad Terry Thomas (playing gloriously to type).
		The Green Man and School for Scoundrels are both basically brilliantly cast B pictures.
		The School for Scoundrels is slightly thin, like a series of sketches and Alastair Sim takes a supporting role to Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas who make the jokes work.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CJXM (1360 words)

	A Real Life School For Scoundrels?
		San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- Lance Mason teaches men how to be confident and how to date the women of their dreams, similar to Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton) in the new hit movie School of Scoundrels.
		Mason's 'school' has been around for three years now and has taught men from all over the world the confidence and skills they need to be attractive to women.
		Perhaps Mason's School for Scoundrels will soon be coming to a city near you.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2006/9/prweb443993.htm (729 words)

	Review: School for Scoundrels - Cinematical
		In School for Scoundrels, starring Jon Heder as Roger, a nebbishy New Yorker who takes bad cad Billy Bob Thornton's dating confidence course, Phillips doesn't have three funny, charismatic leads; he only has one.
		Which is School for Scoundrels' biggest flaw: Like too many modern romances, it thinks our minds make some link between an actor's place in the billing of the film and their character motivations.
		But that's why Thornton's so easy to watch in School for Scoundrels: He's playing a seducer, and he seduces us with Dr. P's feral swagger, followed by 'sensitive revelations' that are actually as carefully planned as the placement of a sniper's nest.
	www.cinematical.com /2006/09/29/review-school-for-scoundrels (1378 words)

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