 Bob and Harvey Weinstein, who appeared to lose their legendary golden touch after they left Miramax, the company they founded, in the hands of the Walt Disney Co., have apparently not regained it with their latest movie, School for Scoundrels, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder. The movie, writes Kyle Smith in the New York Post, "teaches one important lesson: Avoid any thing carrying the banner of The Weinstein Co., which is to the multiplex what bagged spinach is to the produce aisle. ... This time they give us a comedy that forgot to put in the jokes, and a story with more holes than the Houston Texans' defense." Rick Groen in the Toronto Globe and Mail writes that the movie left him with these questions: "Is it a black comedy that isn't dark enough? Or a dumb comedy that isn't stupid enough, or a gross-out comedy that isn't yucky enough? Or is it really just a romance comedy that isn't sweet enough? Don't have a clue, but this much is certain: It's definitely a failed comedy that isn't funny enough." Similarly, Claudia Puig in USA Today comments, "School for Scoundrels will only leave you scratching your head in bewilderment and might possibly shave off IQ points." |
