Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 09/21/2007(USA)
Release Date: 01/15/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DTS
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: New Line Home Video
Every junior-high geek's worst nightmare becomes a reality in this
comedy.
John Farley (
Seann William Scott) grew up as a chubby kid with no athletic skills and poor self-esteem, and during his early teenage years his nemesis was
Mr. Woodcock (
Billy Bob Thornton), his junior-high gym teacher, who took a sadistic glee in tormenting
John and others like them. Years later,
John has slimmed down, come to terms with his self-image, and become a best-selling author, publishing a self-help book on overcoming the specters of the past.
John comes home to visit his widowed mother,
Beverly (
Susan Sarandon), and discovers she has a surprise for him -- she's getting married again, and her new fiancée is none other than
Mr. Woodcock. Horrified,
John is determined to keep
Beverly from walking down the aisle with
Woodcock, and along the way finds himself struggling to settle some old scores.
Mr. Woodcock also stars
Amy Poehler as
John's publicist and
Ethan Suplee as
John's old friend
Needleman.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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