Role Models: Press reviews

'A great example of the Emotionally Stunted Men Grow A Heart sub-genre. Role Models staves off the January blues and puts a marker down as 2009's laugh-out-loud comedy to beat.'

'Role Models works because Wain and Rudd (who collaborated on the script) have the same bed-head sense of humor. They don't work for a gag so much as sidle up to it, kick the tires, then snort in disbelief'

' The wonderful Jane Lynch (40-Year-Old Virgin) steals each of her scenes'

'Role Models isn't trying to reinvent the wheel, just polish it up a little. What emerges is a memorable slice of modern slapstick, with charm to spare and just a touch of soul.'

'The set-up is pure buddy-movie convention, but the film zags into an anarchic war of wills between the dumbed-down adults and the wily kids. '

'Another week, another freewheeling scatological comedy featuring a cast of American boy-men in various states of disrepair. Perhaps there are too many of these beasts in the forest these days, but this one is better than most.'

'Talented newcomer Bobb'e J Thompson, Scott and Jane Lynch as a drug addict-turned- psycho-do-gooder, who runs the mentoring programme, lend the film a watchably bonkers edge.'

'The upbeat ending is inevitable but the script's undercurrent of scalding sarcasm keeps it fresh'

'Role Models pours sugar and cream on everything and turns it to mush.'

'A slackly directed, grubbily photographed, utterly formulaic comedy about two thirtysomething losers'