Role Models (2008) poster
2008 · comedy

Role Models

Directed by David Wain1h 39m2008
ElsewhereIMDb6.8249kRT77%Metacritic61TMDB6.52k
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • intimate
  • funny
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.

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Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.

Our read · Role Models (2008) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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You want foul-mouthed comedy that sneaks in genuine heart and LARP glory.

ends warmyou’ll feel glowing aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug usecringe humiliation

Skip it tonightRaunchy bro humor and juvenile antics will grate on you fast.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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