Day 74 Role Models [2008]
Screenplay David Wain, Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd
& Ken Marino
Director David
Wain
Cinematography Russ T.
Alsobrook
Music Craig
Wedren
Leads Paul Rudd, Seann
William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jane Lynch, Ken Jeong, Elizabeth
Banks, Bobb’e J. Thompson
Production Relativity Media, New
Regency Productions, Hallway Pictures, WideAwake
IMDb 6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes 78%
My sister
and I had some time to kill so we put this on. We had both seen it before but
it’s an easy watch. Paul Rudd and Stifler have to do community service so they
get given ‘littles’ as part of a Big Brother programme, who are troubled kids
Augie (Mintz-Plasse) and Ronnie (Thompson), to look after for 150 hours. It’s
full of childish boob jokes and one liners. Occasionally funny but nothing
more. Augie is a live action role player (LARP), which means he runs around
dressed in medieval gear pretending to fight for an imaginary country over an
imaginary realm. The LARPing scenes are probably the highlights, and the ‘whispering
eye’ bit. The more I think about it, the more I realise that this is a pretty
weak film. If you’re after something that’s funny and easy-to-watch then there
are plenty of films out there better than this one. Weak sauce.
Acting 2
/ 4
Writing 1.5
/ 4
Cinematography 2
/ 4
Music 2
/ 4
HWF
rating 1.5 / 4