Mr. Woodcock

Plot

Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.

Release Year: 2007

Rating: 5.1/10 (18,303 voted)

Critic's Score: 41/100

Director:
Craig Gillespie

Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon

Storyline
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.

Writers: Michael Carnes, Josh Gilbert

Cast:

Billy Bob Thornton
–

Jasper Woodcock

Seann William Scott
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John Farley

Susan Sarandon
–

Beverly Farley

Amy Poehler
–

Maggie

Melissa Sagemiller
–

Tracy

Ethan Suplee
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Nedderman

Jacob Davich
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Nedderman's Brother

Kyley Baldridge
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Young Farley

Alec George
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Young Nedderman

Joseph Michael Sargent
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Young Watson

M.C. Gainey
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Hal – Barber #1

Brent Briscoe
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Barber #2

Dave Kuhr
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Bookish Guy

Lisa K. Wyatt
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Housewife

Kurt Fuller
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Councilman Luke

Taglines:
You thought your family was nuts

Details

Official Website:
Metropolitan Films [France] |
Official site |

Release Date: 14 September 2007

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $22,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $8,761,369
(USA)
(16 September 2007)
(2231 Screens)

Gross: $25,628,629
(USA)
(4 November 2007)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: 87 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

The Ramona Dynasty Band from Riverside California was featured as the local high school marching band in 2 scenes.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes:
When John slips off the treadmill, he smashes into the weightlifters. Yet when that happens, a few of them bend where John hits them.

Quotes:

John Farley:
Lets go, Woodcock.

Mr. Woodcock:
You must like getting spanked, Farley. I guess it runs in the family.

User Review

More mediocre comedy from Thornton-on-autopilot

Rating: 4/10


Like last year's School for Scoundrels, Woodcock is yet another movie
in which Billy Bob Thornton plays a violent dick (no pun intended) and
fails to be anywhere near as funny as he should be, thanks to a sloppy,
almost laugh-less script. To make matters worse, he's not the only
comedian whose considerable talents are wasted on this predictable
mess; Ethan Suplee and Seann William Scott, two of the funniest men
alive, have nearly nothing to do with their characters. Speaking of
predictability, here's a cliché for you: Seen the trailer? Then you've
seen the movie. Just about every truly funny part was crammed into the
commercials.

I love Bad Santa and all, but it has really done more harm than good
seeing as another Thornton-acts-like-a-sociopath-and-gets-away-with-it
"comedy" gets released every year. He is an amazing actor and totally
wasted on these forgettable carbon copies. I'm not denying that I
laughed a couple of times ('cause let's face it, Thornton abusing kids
is funny by default) but in the end Woodcock is just a half-baked
comedy-drama which is neither hilarious nor touching.