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| Cast |
Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Michael Clarke Duncan, Sarah Silverman |
| Director |
Todd Phillips |
| Screenplay | Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong, based on the 1965 screenplay by Hal E. Chester, Patricia Moyes, based on the novel by Stephen Potter |
| Music | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Brown |
| Editing | Leslie Jones, Dan Schalk |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2006 |
| Produced by | Scoundrel Productions, The Weinstein Company, Media Talent Group, Todd Phillips Company, Dimension Films, Picked Last |
Official Site | IMDB page | CAP Report | ScreenIt Report
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Mild to strong, comedic context |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | none |
| Violence | Mild comedic violence, no impact |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Parents, mild to strong language, may not want young children to be exposed to it. |
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| Category | Score (-50 to 50) |
|---|---|
| Wanton Violence / Crime | -2 |
| Impudence / Hate | -50 |
| Sexual Immorality | -23 |
| Drugs / Alcohol | -23 |
| Offence to God | -50 |
| Murder / Suicide | 50 |
| Final score | -16 |
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Profanity |
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| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Munyaradzi Vomo | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople  'n Bulderlag van herkenning (of twee) wag gewis op die kyker. | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Robert Abele Camp from hell offers few laughs. | 5 | |
| Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 6 | |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman School For Scoundrels opens with great comic potential. And the cynical vibe of Billy Bob Thornton should have been strong enough to carry it through. But somewhere down the line the film loses its impetus. | 12 |  |
| 24.com Ivan Sadler The wasted potential of a great cast makes School for Scoundrels especially disappointing. | 5 | |
| BBC Jamie Russell School for Scoundrels never quite finds the confidence it needs to transform from zero to hero. | 10 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson This class is strictly the remedial kind. | 5 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli School for Scoundrels feels like a wasted opportunity. This is a case of a motion picture failing to unlock the promise of a ripe potential. As black comedies go, this one is too tepid to hit any mark by which a movie is deemed successful. | 10 | |
| ScreenItSchool for Scoundrels fails to get even a passing grade and should have been held back a year (or more) in an attempt to improve it. | 6 | |
| Metacritic.com 28 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 133 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A formulaic, unfocused attempt at a romantic comedy. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 6662 Netizens | 12 | |
Average .. 39% | 8 | |