Role Models: Whispering Eye

Official Site: www.rolemodelsmovie.com
Director(s): David Wain
Writer(s): David Wain and Paul Rudd...
Producer(s): Luke Greenfield, Mary Parent, Matthew Siegel, and Scott Stuber.

Starring: Sean William Scott as Wheeler, Paul Rudd as Danny Donahue, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Augie Farks, Bobb' e J. Thompson as Ronnie Shields, Elizabeth Banks as Beth, Jane Lynch as Gale Sweeney(IMDb). 99min, Rated-R.

Wheeler and Danny work as promoters for an energy drink company, and their current project is to travel to schools on a "say no to drugs" campaign while simultaneously trying to gain a share of the youth market. Wheeler is incredibly happy being the company mascot, but Danny is not so happy. He feels he is in a dead-end job that is unacceptable for a man who is 35 years old. As a result Danny is very pessimistic, a pessimism that annoys his girlfriend Beth greatly. An incident in a coffee shop led Beth to realize how much of a "dick" Danny really is, and a break-up followed at Beth's law office. Being distraught and agitated from the break-up, at their next school promotion, Danny's antics resulted in a court order that required him and Wheeler to perform community service at a foundation where they both meet their "littles".

Again, this is another movie that I was not too excited about seeing that surprised me. The irreverent humor was not so witty but straight forward. The punchlines were not cerebral, but their delivery was well executed. The impetus of the dialogues in relation to its comedic value, was how the humor was delivered properly in context, and with good timing. In scenes featuring Jane Lynch (Gale Sweeney), her character was so strange, and she induced so much awkwardness that it makes one laugh. Over all , the story was great. The pace of the film was just right, and so was the casting. Funny but not hilarious, Role Models is definitely worth seeing. According Metacritic.com this film received mixed reviews, and according to Rottentomatoes.com this film received 86 fresh tomatoes to 27 rotten ones thus far. Good stuff, I'll give it a C+. Stay tuned, Movieporiumblogspot.com.