Role Models (2008)--3/5

"Role Models" fails to maintain the anarchy of its opening act. One-note situations and people are hysterical at first, less so the more they're around. Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thomson) is a little kid with a foul mouth. Gayle (Jane Lynch) has an embarrassingly-recreated past life. Laire is a Darkon-inspired LARPG with insanely dedicated players. Writer/director David Wain refuses to build on these initially amusing foundations. Luckily, "Role Models" has a lot of stuff to introduce.




More importantly, MTV's The State is actually coming to DVD on July 14, 2009! Many of the actors from The State have been recently successful. "Role Models" is written by two and stars four of them. "Reno 911!" features three in the regular cast. Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon are successful screenwriters, having penned "Herbie: Fully Loaded," "The Pacifier," and "Taxi."

Okay, forget that last one.




Now I'm holding out for the DVD release of "You Wrote It, You Watch It."