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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0794043106620 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 15, 2008 Running Time: 87 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 12671 MPN: TRNDN10662D
Product Description: Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/30/2008 Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com: Rhetorical question: What’s the only thing that can keep a potentially bad movie’s head above water? Good actors, or course. Sure, the Dodgeball-esque scenes of Billy Bob Thornton viciously pegging second-graders with a basketball are chuckle-inducing (It appeals to the America’s Funniest Home Videos lover in all of us), but the movie didn’t quite live up to the promising plot. John Farley (Seann William Scott) plays a bestselling self-help author who was once a portly underachiever often bullied and terrorized by his militant (and potentially lawsuit-causing) gym teacher, Mr. Woodcock (Thornton). When he’s invited to receive his Nebraska hometown’s most coveted award, the corn cob key, he decides to pay his mother (Susan Sarandon) a visit. With horror, he discovers that she’s planning on getting married to the sinister Mr. Woodcock. And, of course, the rest of the movie shows John’s unraveling as he tries with all his might (and "corny" predictability) to stop that from happening. The movie provides some good laughs, but it’s definitely on the B-list for the likes of these hilarious starring actors. --Jordan Thompson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Comedy, I dont care what they say!
I thought this film was GREAT! I can't understand these other people who could only put it down. OF COURSE it was not meant to be real! It, like Bad Santa is good BECAUSE of its obvious EXAGERATION! All ... Read More
Rating: - Strike Out
Mr. Woodcock had such great potential but failed to deliver. There are some real heavy hitters in the cast.
Billy Bob Thornton has the capacity to make any film a classic when directed properly. ... Read More
Rating: - I Laughed Very Hard
At first I couldn't watch this movie. The Mr. Woodcock character was too much of an a-hole for me to bear. But then I gave the movie a chance and watched through to the end. There are some great and ridiculously ... Read More
Rating: - BAD SANTA IN THE OFF SEASON!... MILDY ENTERTAINING!
OK..this year's version of Billy Bob Thornton's "Bad Santa" persona is called 'Mr. Woodcock'! A couple of years ago it was 'School For Scoundrels', if you didn't like that film you probably won't like this film either. ... Read More
Rating: - "Your mom's got a little bit of Woodcock in her!"
This movie was much funner than I thought it would be. "Mr. Woodcock" stars Billy Bob Thornton as a sadistic gym teacher who's engaged to a woman named Beverly (Susan Sarandon). As it so happens, Beverly is the mother of ... Read More
- Great Comedy, I dont care what they say!
- Strike Out
- I Laughed Very Hard
- "Your mom's got a little bit of Woodcock in her!"