School for Scoundrels
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: September 29, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
14
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Uproarious and unexpectedly biting. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
The romance is the movie's least interesting element. But Heder's low-key, surprising charm and Thorton's gleeful wickedness at least glide the film in for a landing. You'll enjoy yourself. Read full review
70
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton) is a classy, cool brand of vile--the demented drill sergeant in a designer suit. And Heder, cast in the role of the invisible man, is fine too. The movie wouldn't work without someone as nondescript as Heder. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
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. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Director Todd Phillips has become Hollywood's go-to guy for collegiate humor, and though this isn't as funny as his "Road Trip," "Old School," or "Starsky & Hutch," there are some choice sequences of the devious Thornton schooling his milquetoast students. Read full review
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