Role Models

This was officially the "first screening of the final print of the film", aka the world premiere. Director David Wain and star Paul Rudd attended. As a "stupid" adult comedy, I don't tend to expect much. Sure, I didn't so much like Zack and Miri, but audience laughter can go a long way towards correcting the deficiencies typical of the genre.

For this one the biggest problems were the holes in the plot. Weird as that sounds for an adult comedy built on stupid laughs and double entendres, it just wasn't sufficiently realistic for its own made-up world. Movie-long plot drivers get summed up in single sentences, or just get dropped entirely for the sake of the central theme.

But it was full of consistent laughs that played well with a movie-loving audience. If you want to see a comedic love story featuring Elizabeth Banks this fall, certainly pick this one over brand Z.

Role Models
2008, directed by David Wain