| Mr Woodcock [Blu-ray] | ![Mr Woodcock [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iUqNRZdzL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Craig Gillespie
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Amy Poehler, Melissa Sagemiller
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $35.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (44 reviews)
Sales Rank: 41763
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 88 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 11298
UPC: 794043112980
EAN: 0794043112980
ASIN: B000YW8RXG
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: September 14, 2007
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Product Description
Newline Mr. Woodcock (Blu-ray)
In this laugh-out-loud comedy, self-made success John Farley returns home to find that his worst nightmare - his jr. high P.E. teacher - is dating his mom.
Amazon.com
Rhetorical question: What's the only thing that can keep a potentially bad movie's head above water? Good actors, or course. Sure, the Dodgeball-esque scenes of Billy Bob Thornton viciously pegging second-graders with a basketball are chuckle-inducing (It appeals to the America's Funniest Home Videos lover in all of us), but the movie didn't quite live up to the promising plot. John Farley (Seann William Scott) plays a bestselling self-help author who was once a portly underachiever often bullied and terrorized by his militant (and potentially lawsuit-causing) gym teacher, Mr. Woodcock (Thornton). When he's invited to receive his Nebraska hometown's most coveted award, the corn cob key, he decides to pay his mother (Susan Sarandon) a visit. With horror, he discovers that she's planning on getting married to the sinister Mr. Woodcock. And, of course, the rest of the movie shows John's unraveling as he tries with all his might (and "corny" predictability) to stop that from happening. The movie provides some good laughs, but it's definitely on the B-list for the likes of these hilarious starring actors. --Jordan Thompson
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It's the Subtext, Stupid! July 1, 2008
18 out of 33 found this review helpful
This is definitely a treasure film for a college seminar in post-modernist interpretations of trash, to be taught in Mitchell, Nebraska, the corn capital of America. The first level of unintendedly honest expression is that "self-righteousness trounces sensitivity" every time." Thus it's patent that Mr. Woodcock is a political movie, a depiction of the Republican party thumping the liberals, or perhaps even a fictive replay of Dick! Cheney running over poor feel-good John Edwards in their televised debate. But wait! Another seminar star has a more appealingly far-fetched interpretation of the movie, as a foreshortened depiction of Muslim-Christian conflict, and we're invited to guess who mirrors whom. Then there's a Minnesota farmboy in the seminar who says the film was all about self-evasion by a script-writer who never earned his dad's respect by punching the ornery cuss back. Everyone in the seminar squeals 'oh, how pre-post-modern of you' but hey, there's no final interpretation, and that's final!
Billy Bob Thornton's performance is the only thing worth watching in this universally disclaimed flop. He's the spitting image of a coach I had in high school. I felt such an urge to put a fist through his face that my plasma screen jiggled like jello for its life. But wouldn't you know, the odious mediocrity Woodcock (the name is not without seminar value) gets "exonerated" in the end, his bullying justified! while the big-city-liberal mama's boy shows backbone at last by fighting the coach.
Maybe it is an allegory of America vs the World after all.
 Dont even bother June 23, 2008
This DVD was a complete waste of time, I didnt find it funny at all. We switched it off half way in.
Mr. Woodcock is no Bad Santa! May 25, 2008
Mr. Woodcock was quite a disappointment, considering the presence of Seann William Scott, Billy Bob Thornton, and Susan Sarandon, among others.
A best-selling author returns home to pick up a prestigious local award only to find his mom dating his high school gym teacher that used to terrorize him and shatter his self esteem. Things quickly become more complicated when the hazing starts anew as the gym teacher picks up where he left off...
In short, the acting is pretty good (though nothing great), while the plot and the dialogues are average and below average.
Though the potential for a good movie was definitely there it fails to take off, primarily due to the writers and the poor choice of lines and weak plot.
In a nutshell, it's a mediocre movie and that's about it; no masterpiece here... 2.4 Stars
 Hilarious!! May 23, 2008
Love this movie! Billy Bob does it again in playing a sarcastic jerk and being good at it!
What kind of humour do you like? May 20, 2008
If you are the type to laugh if another person gets a ball in their privates, you may like this movie.
After Scott's 20th humiliation I couldn't bare seeing more. I was expecting some equal kind of comic battle between the two characters (like Scott getting equal with Thornton - doesn't happen), instead Scott is humiliated throughout the movie. Also that the unsympathetic character played by Thornton always comes out as the smug one is very disturbing.
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