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Role Models (2008)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B-
Source Brief Review Grade*
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
"Role models so bad they're good." more... B  
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"...A comedy that is funny." more... B  
E! Online
Alex Markerson
"A buddy comedy that's neither buddyish nor funny in the early going, but finally shapes up in the end." more... B-
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
"The fun ofRole Models is that it's a high-concept movie executed with speed and finesse..." more... B+
Los Angeles Time
Michael Phillips
"Role Models wobbles like crazy en route to a surprisingly strong finish. " more... B  
New York Post
Kyle Smith
"You stand a fair chance of emerging from the movie with your lack of faith in humanity unchallenged." more... B  
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Role Models pours sugar and cream on everything and turns it to mush. more... D+
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"...while Role Models can boast the occasionally funny joke, there's little else to recommend this derivative buddy film." more... C  
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
"Sometimes a shamelessly stoopid, proudly profane R-rated comedy is all you want out of life." more... B+
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
"A funny and twisted movie from beginning to end, closing with an emotional payoff." more... B  
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
"Lazy and underwritten Role Models leaves nothing to the imagination." more... C-
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
"...A broad but satisfying multiplex comedy." more... B  
USA Today
Claudia Puig
"Look to Role Models for laughs." more... B  
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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