Role Models

Written by Administrator Monday, 11 August 2008 09:00

Year: 2008
Director: David Wain
Cast: Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobbe J. Thompson, Elizabeth Banks, Ken Jeong, Ken Marino, A.D. Miles, Joe Lo Truglio, Matt Walsh, Nicole Randall Johnson,
Genres: Drama, Adventure
Runtime: 99 min.
Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Seann William Scott) are two salesmen in the greater Los Angeles area for an energy drink, Minotaur, a parody of beverages like Red Bull. They sell it as a way to keep kids off drugs, although ironically, Wheeler smokes marijuana while on break from work. Wheeler loves the job and even dresses in a Minotaur costume. Danny on the other hand, hates the job and possesses a constant negative attitude toward life, which results in the collapse of his relationship with his girlfriend, attorney Beth (Elizabeth Banks). One day while making one of their presentations at a high school, the duo are told that their company truck is being towed. They protest by trying to drive it away from the tow-truck, but they end up driving it up a statue in front of the school.

They are then arrested for destruction of school property, parking in a no parking zone, and assault of a police officer. Upon their arrest, the judge sentences the two to a 30 day jail sentence. Beth, however, manages to strike a deal with the judge giving Danny and Wheeler a deal in which they have to log 150 hours of community service over the next thirty days. The sentence is to be served at the judge's favorite charity, a big-brother style program called Sturdy Wings, led by Gayle Sweeny (Jane Lynch), a recovering cocaine-addict herself. Gayle is aware that their presence at sturdy wings is court-ordered and warns them that if they fail to carry out their tasks to her satisfaction, she will have them sent back to prison. Wheeler is paired up with Ronnie Shields (Bobb'e J. Thompson), a foulmouthed, streetwise miscreant obsessed with breasts. Danny is paired up with Augie Farks (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), a nerdy teenager obsessed with live action role-playing games.

Initially, the pair find their task extremely difficult, with Danny unable to find any common ground with Augie and his narrow interests, and Ronnie taking virtually no interest in Wheeler. The pair initially consider simply completing their sentence in prison, but after a few days they gradually bond with their respective partners; Ronnie takes an interest in Wheeler's favourite band Kiss and discovers that Wheeler shares his obsession with breasts, whilst Danny joins Augie's medieval role playing game, LAIRE.

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