woodcock sucks
October 18, 2007Yeah, so we saw Mr. Woodcock the other night, and when you have a comedy movie that stars Billy Bob Thornton, Susan Sarandon and Seann William Scott, but the funniest thing in it is Amy Poehler… then you have a bit of a problem.
It's isn't really that bad… but it seriously isn't any good, imho. It has a few nice laughs here and there, and BBT is really getting this "alpha-male asshole antagonist in a comedy" role down to a tee (see: School for Scoundrels, Bad Santa, Intolerable Cruelty). He plays a good asshole, period. Susan Sarandon plays the mom role well enough, as she always does. And Stifler is… well… still Stifler, but toned down since he's dominated and haunted throughout almost the entire film by Woodcock.
I really loved Amy Poehler in this film though, more than anyone else.
In less-depressing film news:
Cine Europa! Yay! I have half a mind to splurge on this during the weekend.
- Hyde (in film-snob mode)
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