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School for Scoundrels Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  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 & Hutch") and the wonderful actor assigned to play the self-help instructor from hell, Billy Bob Thornton.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Director Todd Phillips tries for the kind of frat slaphappiness he applied so successfully to "Old School," but these boys are less scoundrels than individual salesmen for the brands of Heder and Thornton.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyRobert Koehler

  Picture seemed certain to either fly high on outrageous humor or crash under the weight of tastelessness. Instead, the movie just sits there and never comes alive.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden

  An inert and muddled mash-up of romantic comedy and theater of stupid cruelty.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Billy Bob Thornton's leer is much in evidence in the shoddy comedy School for Scoundrels, though the tackiness of the film, its lazy direction and its self-satisfied stupidity may mean that Mr. Thornton curled his lip about the production rather than for it.

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• 25

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  School for Scoundrels will only leave you scratching your head in bewilderment and might possibly shave off IQ points.

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