![]() ![]() But in Role Model's extreme example of people doing what makes them happy, it really does ring true. It's been said in so many films that the message seems false at this point. Do what makes you happy, no matter what your parents or anyone else tells you. And it's here that the film makes it's stand. It's hilarious, and does look terribly fun. The result is a case of "so lame it's awesome" where the absurdity of D&D is given the gravitas of your average Hollywood blockbuster. Role Models takes a surprisingly even handed look at it. ![]() One of the films defining elements is the showcasing of role-playing games such as Dungeons&Dragons (here it is known as L.A.I.R.E). Directed by David Wain, maker of The Ten (funny cult film), and written by Wain and Paul Rudd, this film is hilarious. But aside from a few film snobs, who goes to see a comedy for its original plot? The important thing is the laughs, and this is where the film delivers. I heard many girls in the audience very sensitive to his plight in the audience. But he's a very palatable dork and may help raise the image of dorks everywhere above the status of subhuman. So yeah, he's pretty firmly typecast as "dork" at this point. Christopher Mintz-Plasse, or "McLovin'" as he's known throughout America, plays essentially the same character but sweeter and shy and, funny enough, less creepy. ![]() Thompson is one of the better child actors of his age and makes the nightmare of every teacher a cool often wickedly funny little character. Their interactions with the two talented young boys are funny and occasionally sweet. Rudd has dry sarcasm to spare and Scott plays a sex-addled numbskull. Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott have good chemistry. Wheeler is given a foul mouthed terror of a boy (Bobb'e J. Danny is given a boy Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse of Superbad) who wears a cape and is into role-playing games. They are given the choice of jail or community service with troubled kids, and choose the latter. Role Models - Two energy drink spokesmen, Wheeler and Danny (Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd) get in trouble with the law after Danny has a break-up with his girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks who is in everything these days). ![]()
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