Film Review: Reviewed By Ian Freer; 4 out of 5

This step-up from the usual crude teen comedy elevates its smutty set pieces and filth-ridden dialogue with strong performances, likeable characters and the ability to stay the right side of sentimental. After crashing his truck in a fit of pique, energy-drink salesman Paul Rudd and his cohort Seann William Scott are sentenced to 150 hours community service mentoring disenfranchised youngsters. Scott's initiation of streetwise Ronnie (Bobb'e J Thompson) into the ways of the party animal is funny. However, the real pleasure is in Rudd's relationship with fantasy-obsessed nerd Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse who played "McLovin" in Superbad), which gets much comedy mileage from satirising the murky world of role-playing games. But where this unexpectedly entertaining movie really scores is in its tweaks to the standard formula: while the life lessons and character arcs are inevitable, the journey proves both admirably restrained and winning.

Plot Summary

Comedy starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott. Following a driving accident, wild-at-heart energy-drink salesmen Danny and Wheeler receive a sentence with a difference: 150 hours of community service caring for difficult children. The forthcoming experience will definitely change the lives of all involved.