A young guy short on luck enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when it turns out his teacher has the same agenda.A young guy short on luck enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when it turns out his teacher has the same agenda.A young guy short on luck enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when it turns out his teacher has the same agenda.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Luis Guzmán
- Sergeant Moorehead
- (as Luis Guzman)
Omar J. Dorsey
- Lawrence
- (as Omar Dorsey)
- Director
- Writers
- Todd Phillips
- Scot Armstrong
- Hal E. Chester(1960 screenplay) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Featured review
Saw a preview - very funny in parts
I saw a preview yesterday, and the movie is very funny in parts. I laughed so hard I cried a couple of times. On the other hand, there are times when the movie seems to drag on too long. In my opinion, this movie is two stories in one - and one works great, and the other not so much. The whole school for scoundrels thing is hysterical. Any scene with Heder and his buddies had the audience roaring. Jon Glaser was my favorite - will somebody get this guy his own movie, please?! But everything outside that was definitely not on the same level. Even the brilliant Ben Stiller, Sara Silverman and David Cross didn't work nearly as well, nor did the scenes of competition between Heder and Thornton. It's still worth seeing for the scenes that do work with his buddies though, as you don't get to laugh that hard too often. - Mikeontheriver
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- mikeontheriver
- Sep 6, 2006
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,807,569
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,602,333
- Oct 1, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $24,470,583
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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